On 30th October we opened the doors of the Merchant’s House for one final time before we begin installing the new interpretation. For one day only we invited visitors to explore the house free of charge and to let us know what we could do to improve their visit.
For the team, this was an invaluable exercise as we were able to meet our visitors and share our enthusiasm for the project for the first time by showcasing our plans for the new interpretation.
A record 98 visitors took us up on our invitation and we were thrilled to find that 6 of these were former residents of the Merchant’s Row. Together they had a wealth of fascinating memories and have each kindly agreed to share their stories as part of our new Oral History Archive (available to the public from April 2011).
The project is beginning to gather momentum with objects for the character boxes arriving daily and the Oral History team poised and raring to go. Undoubtedly the most exciting development to date has been finding out, first hand, what it is like to live in such unique timber framed buildings, but we still have plenty to discover.
This project brings new and exciting challenges each day so please keep visiting our blog for regular updates from the team.
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