Great news for our clients at Heritage Quay. They have recently one not one, but two, fantastic awards.
The Royal Historical Society has commended Heritage Quay for its “promotion of public history” in the new Public History Prize Awards which recognise work that enhances public understanding of the place of the past in today’s social, political and cultural life.
Fiona Spiers, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund Yorkshire and the Humber, said: “We are delighted to hear that this wonderful project has received this richly-deserved award. The archive’s range is breathtaking covering not only social, cultural, political and industrial history but also music, the arts and sport, so we welcome this recognition of the sterling work of the project and the University.”
The interactive Gesture Wall which we developed for Heritage Quay was entered for the e-Alan Ball Award made by the CILIP local studies group. Judged to be “a very interesting piece of work and extremely innovative” it didn’t quite fit into the criteria for this new award so we are thrilled to hear that it has been awarded a Special Commendation for Innovation.
Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield, said, “A particular honour, I think, that the judges don’t quite know how categorise Heritage Quay.”
We’d like to congratulate the Heritage Quay team on two much deserved awards. Their approach to interpretation within the field of archives has been brave and innovative and it’s great to see this formal recognition matching the enthusiasm that their visitors show.
