Redditch Local History Museum’s Purpose
The purpose of the Redditch Local HistoryMuseum is to preserve, promote and share the history and heritage of Redditch, making its collections, artefacts, stories and knowledge accessible to the widest possible audience.
The Museum seeks to ensure that current and future generations can discover, understand and appreciate the people, places, industries, communities and events that have shaped Redditch and its surrounding area.
Through its physical collections, exhibitions, activities and digital resources, the Museum aims to encourage interest in Redditch’s past, strengthen the community’s connection with its heritage, and inspire people to explore and learn more about the town’s history.
Museum Website Objectives
The Redditch Local History Museum website should support the Museum’s purpose by:
• Engaging people of all ages and backgrounds with Redditch’s history and heritage.
• Informing visitors by providing accurate, reliable and regularly updated historical information.
• Promoting the Museum, its collections, exhibitions, activities and events.
• Making the Museum’s artefacts, photographs, documents, stories and other resources accessible online to as wide an audience as possible.
• Providing an interesting, attractive and easy-to-navigate website, suitable for users with different levels of digital experience and ability.
• Becoming a “go-to” online source for information about Redditch’s local history.
• Encouraging people to visit the physical Museum and participate in its activities.
• Ensuring that people who are unable to visit the Museum in person can nevertheless explore, discover and engage with Redditch’s heritage online.
• Supporting learning, research and education, and providing resources that can be used by schools, community groups, researchers and members of the public.
• Encouraging members of the community to contribute their own memories, knowledge, photographs and stories, helping to build an evolving record of Redditch’s history.
• Preserving and presenting digital information in a way that will remain valuable to future generations
The purpose of the Redditch Local HistoryMuseum is to preserve, promote and share the history and heritage of Redditch, making its collections, artefacts, stories and knowledge accessible to the widest possible audience.
The Museum seeks to ensure that current and future generations can discover, understand and appreciate the people, places, industries, communities and events that have shaped Redditch and its surrounding area.
Through its physical collections, exhibitions, activities and digital resources, the Museum aims to encourage interest in Redditch’s past, strengthen the community’s connection with its heritage, and inspire people to explore and learn more about the town’s history.
The Redditch Local History Museum website should support the Museum’s purpose by:
• Engaging people of all ages and backgrounds with Redditch’s history and heritage.
• Informing visitors by providing accurate, reliable and regularly updated historical information.
• Promoting the Museum, its collections, exhibitions, activities and events.
• Making the Museum’s artefacts, photographs, documents, stories and other resources accessible online to as wide an audience as possible.
• Providing an interesting, attractive and easy-to-navigate website, suitable for users with different levels of digital experience and ability.
• Becoming a “go-to” online source for information about Redditch’s local history.
• Encouraging people to visit the physical Museum and participate in its activities.
• Ensuring that people who are unable to visit the Museum in person can nevertheless explore, discover and engage with Redditch’s heritage online.
• Supporting learning, research and education, and providing resources that can be used by schools, community groups, researchers and members of the public.
• Encouraging members of the community to contribute their own memories, knowledge, photographs and stories, helping to build an evolving record of Redditch’s history.
• Preserving and presenting digital information in a way that will remain valuable to future generations