DEN Support Blog

Case studies on the DEN site

DEN projects are about generating new audiences through social-networking online. Resources are shared and online engagement is promoted with audiences and collections through Google Maps, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Facebook. DEN projects digitally capture the results of engagement between museums and local communities. DEN projects enable our audiences to interact with collections and re-interpret them for the 21st Century.

DEN projects have covered a variety of topics:

• learning online; My Learning, Take One Picture, SensED: Sensory Resources for Special Schools
• interpreting costume; Old, New, Mostly Borrowed and One Blue, Fashions From The Past
• blogging about museum projects; Sudbury Hall NT, Ashby De La Zouch Museum Digital Engagement Projects, The Workhouse Southwell, The Harley Gallery, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, Sir John Moore Filming Project, Victorian Farmlife
• tweeting a diary; ruffLives
• films; Digi Dinos, Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum, Lincs Filmmaker, Northampton MuBu, Alice Hawkins and the Footwear Industry, Our Hidden Heritage, Derby on Film
• creative writing; a Writer’s journey, History Remixed
• oral history; Factory Voices, Stories Home, Out In The Sticks, From De Sunshine to De Snow
• poetry; Leave Nothing But Footsteps, Poetry Quest
• digital archives; Player’s Past – Exploing the John Player’s Archive, Derby Living Archive
• research; East Midlands Food, Museum Work, Representations of Climate Change in Local Museum Collections, MuBu Miner, Grantham Then and Now
• reminiscence; Communities and Collections Connecting
• images; Highlights of Harborough, Village Uncovered, Our Young Corby, Leicestershire and Rutland Heritage Award Showcase
• music; See Hear Prebendal Manor
• audio trails; An oral history audio trail for Leicester, Naseby Battlefield
• objects taking on a social media life; My Life as an object
• digital interactives; Local heritage on line, Living In Silk
• digital maps; Digital Canal
• digital exploration of the landscape; Creswell Crags, My Take
• creative interpretation of museum collections; Mind Buddies

Some projects have now closed and some are still running.