Digital Interactives for Leeds Museums and Galleries
- Series of interactives built for the largest local authority-run museum service in England.
- Eye-catching designs including hand drawn illustrations and animation engaged users of all ages.
- Our interactives were used by thousands of visitors on-site and online every day.
What they say
“I just wanted say how delighted I am with the finished interactive - It far-surpassed my expectations and I’d like to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone involved!"
Daniel Martin, Assistant Curator of Industrial History, Leeds Museums and Galleries
The Ambition
Leeds Museums and Galleries wanted a partner to help them create exciting digital and eLearning experiences as part of their mission to inspire, educate, entertain and challenge people.
What we did
We produced a number of interactive experiences for Leeds Museums and Galleries – each one was lovingly crafted for its target audience and specific venue. From touchscreen to large screen and on the web, they all augmented the physical museum experience with a digital edge.
First World War Aviation
As part of their First World War centenary programme, Leeds Museums and Galleries commissioned us to create a touchscreen interactive to help visitors discover the contribution of pioneering aviators from Leeds and the affect they had on The Great War.
The interactive we created featured richly illustrated stories about the aircraft and an aircraft builder where visitors could build and test their own creations.
Following that, we were asked to design and build three more exciting interactives, including a pair for Leeds Museums’ Abbey House Museum.
Victorian Street
Abbey House’s Victorian Street was a touchscreen interpretation of the shops and businesses that are recreated at the Abbey House Museum. It included a chemist, ironmonger, grocer and a newsagent (amongst others!) and featured interviews with local residents who remember the real shops and businesses from around Leeds.
Victorian Children's Jobs
The Victorian Jobs interactive we built for Abbey House Museum looks at the type of jobs Victorian children had to do. Users answered a BuzzFeed style set of questions like "Can you ride a bike?" and "Are you afraid of the dark?". Then, the interactive showed them what job they would have done if they were a child in the Victorian era. Jobs included chimney sweep and gong scourer!
Temple Newsam Tales
Temple Newsam Tales was an interactive that told the stories of 15 characters from the mansion house's past in five different episodes. Originally played out on Twitter between different accounts, the interactive emulated the Twitter feed style but ran automatically through the episodes whilst also allowing visitors to explore each of the characters' accounts. The project was displayed on a touchscreen display in the main reception at Temple Newsam House.
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