Visiting the past in Roman Ostia

Based in Penzance, West Cornwall, I am a knowledgeable and skilled heritage professional and researcher with over 12 years of experience in museums, libraries, archives and education at local and international level.

Practical heritage services based on real experience

The services I offer benefit from the culmination of a diverse range of experience in the museum, library, archive, historic environment, university and voluntary sectors, both as a user and creator of high quality information.

I have a thorough understanding of local authority, university, independent and private sectors at home and abroad, how each works, and more importantly, how they can work together to create a valuable and sustainable heritage for professional and public audiences. My services cover:

• Consultancy and advice for all aspects of managing public and private collections
• Digital, knowledge exchange and heritage-led regeneration projects
• Training and mentoring staff and volunteers through blended learning (in person and online)
• Content development based on high quality research and writing for academic and public audiences, online and in the gallery
• Course development, lecturing and teaching for home education, informal learning and higher education.

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Collections specialist

My expertise is in collections documentation, care, research and interpretation and I earned the Associateship of the Museums Association (AMA) for developing my curatorial skills in 2006. In 2009 I gained a PhD in History, based on material culture research in medieval museum and charter collections.

Digital heritage and knowledge exchange

I am also a specialist in digital cultural heritage and have undertaken several web-based projects to improve access to collections and provide learning resources. I have ten years experience of digital projects from developing subject-based content for learning, skills development and digitising collections, including undertaking feasibility studies and identifying needs and audiences.

My current interest is in developing content for digital learning applications to teach history.

Find out more about my heritage services.