Old House Museum
Bakewell and District Historical Society commissioned inHeritage/Hammer Design to produce new interpretation to tell the story of the historic buildings that comprise Old House Museum.
The museum is housed in adjoining 16th – 19th century cottages with long and complex architectural histories. One cottage is the oldest house in Bakewell and they were once owned by Sir Richard Arkwright.
The brief:
The brief was to create interpretation panels, a series of internal panels and hand-held ‘bats’ for the Museum to interpret the rooms of the buildings. The design brief was to produce two related but different styles to communicate the two main historical periods of the cottages (Tudor and Victorian). These were to be sympathetic to the building’s historic architecture and stand apart from the panels interpreting the Museum displays.
Work included:
- Consultancy for grant funding application
- Interpretation consultation
- Copywriting
- Illustration work
- Panel design, construction and installation
- Rebranding consultancy to OHM image
- Photography
- Design and production of all communication material and advertising
- Website design, development and hosting. > visit the website.
