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Ethnographic participant research with London families: Tower of London
The Tower of London wanted to test the response of families from diverse cultural backgrounds to the ways in which the Tower's core stories are interpreted. This is to inform planning and new interpretations for the future.
Pam Jarvis and Mel Larsen worked with a range of families and local community representatives to test responses to current methods of interpretation and the overall experience of visitors at this iconic London visitor attraction.
Future Proof Musuems: Transformational Change
Future Proof Museums is a strategic and innovative change programme being developed by the AMA (Arts Marketing Association) designed to significantly improve the resilience of accredited museums across England. Funded by Arts Council England Resilience strand, the initial one year pilot programme involving 20 museums is now complete,
sam-culture is evaluating the pilot to assess the impact, measure outcomes against KPI's and develop ways to share learning across the Museum Sector.
Brighton Digital Festival Evaluation 2015
Brighton Digital Festival Evaluations in 2013; 2014; 2015
Celebrating digital arts and culture. BDF brings together local, regional, national and international artists, academics, games developers, hackers and major digital industries. sam-culture has undertaken annual evaluations of Brighton Digital Festival, monitoring its development and growth and impacts in the City.
Your Sculpture
Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF): Your Sculpture - connecting UK communities with their sculpture Heritage
Pam Jarvis and Sarah Bedell researched and produced an activity plan for reaching young and diverse audiences. A roundtable discussion to inform the project involved representatives from Tate, V&A, Slade, Tyne & Wear Museums, Manchester City Museums, The Big Draw, Artangel and lead project partner the BBC.
Your Sculpture has now been merged with Art UK www.artuk.org
Royal Opera House: Hard to Reach Audiences
Pam Jarvis and Mel Larsen are undertaking research to inform the Royal Opera House's strategy to engage hard to reach audiences in both London and the regions. Current research is to identify target markets and look at best practice in this area.
Sharing Sherlock and the role of Volunteers
Conan Doyle Collection at Portsmouth City Museum
The imaginative Sharing Sherlock project, through its programme of touring and online exhibitions, outreach and education programme and new resources for schools and communities, opens up new possibilities for people to experience the breadth of the Collection and the far-reaching interests and reputation of Conan Doyle.
But could Sharing Sherlock happen without the support of the volunteers?
sam-culture are evaluating the impact of using volunteers, resulting outcomes and the experiences of volunteers working in heritage activities for the first time. Sharing Sherlock took place across Portsmouth and the variety of locations used is reflected in our evaluation.