We’re keen to hear about new examples of your town or city’s history and heritage playing a part in efforts to make them the best they can be today.
The two feature in our list of potential go-to options for places looking to tackle #highstreet vacancy by taking on empty units which starts with arts & crafts and ends at health & wellbeing…
…and we’re seeing reflections of our places past feature in other town and city centre regen and vitality projects and initiatives too.
Options might include…
- Opening a mini-museum to focus on part of your history. It doesn’t need be a full-scale museum, it could focus on just one era or story even;
- Creating a new archive centre;
- Hosting an exhibition or display of old photographs in an empty shop or maybe just in its windows. Images of your #retail and #hospitality businesses in days gone by are always popular;
- Using a town centre space for workshops or classes on an historical theme, maybe with an arts & crafts element;
And beyond the vacant units conversation it can help with…
- New sculpture or art installations featuring famous residents past or their stories;
- Murals, mosaics, street and shutter art;
- A new history or heritage-focused event.
What am I missing…?
It’d be great to hear how you are making use of place history and heritage today…?
