This project places Kington Museum's records on a MODES collection management database and undertakes a complete audit of the museum's collection, capturing digital images for each object. The database will be accessible online through a newly designed website, and by doing so will increase the accessibility of the curated heritage. In addition, the project will undertake a community programme to encourage donation of digital copies of photographs that document the Kington township and rural surroundings, thus promoting Kington Museum's extensive photographic archive. A preliminary website contains basic details of the project and showcases some of the museum objects. It will be upgraded to the finalised website by April 2008. The final website is designed to be very flexible, with its contents easy to change by museum staff. For more information please see www.kingtonmuseum.co.uk

Stage two of the Kington Camp Project looks in greater depth at the experiences of those brought to Kington in wartime because of the two US General Hospitals sited nearby. Primarily an oral history project, information gathered is made available through website, museum exhibition, book and audio documentary. The project also develops interactive educational materials for delivery through the website, incorporates audio material into the museum exhibition and by doing so explores IT methods of increasing accessibility for the visually impaired. For more information please see www.kingtoncamp.co.uk

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HistorySpace is assisting with a pilot project undertaken by the Murray and Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations Confederation (MLDRIN) in Australia. Its two aims are to assist Indigenous nations to locate cultural heritage overseas and to facilitate direct communication between curators and communities. This is a community driven project involving 8 Indigenous Nations and 6 UK museums. For more information see www.emob.org.au from March 2008.