David Radford and Jackie
at the awards ceremony

The Inspiration Award was for the school archive project in which children viewed their communities through the lens of a camera. The results of this project are shown in these pages as Creating Memories.

Best Event Award 2009
Best Use of the Lincolnshire Heritage Website

At the Awards Ceremony held at The Kinema in the Woods on Wednesday 15th. July, the awards were collected on behalf of the Cottage Museum by Jackie Goodall for the "Best Event" category, recognising The Treasure Box Project and Philip Groves, who collected the award in "Best use of the Lincolnshire Heritage Forum Website" category, for the e-commerce marketing of the DVD "Why Woodhall Spa?"

During her introduction Hannah Gould, Museum Development Officer, Lincolnshire. praised the Treasure Box Event for involving all areas of the community and the Museum, for giving over the entire building, which involved removing all the Museum exhibits and transforming it into a Treasure Box.

The use of the video trailer for the DVD and setting up the Pay Pal payment system was greatly appreciated by the judges as a very positive step forward in promoting the Museum by the use of e-commerce.

David Radford, Chairman of the Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum commented,

"Two awards at a prestigious ceremony attended by representatives from the Lincolnshire and East Midlands museum world! This is a fantastic accolade for the dedication and professionalism of Cottage Museum volunteers and, of course, the continuing preservation of Woodhall Spa's heritage."

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The Renaissance Heritage Awards are a new series of awards of annual for all museums, including independent and local authority museums, heritage societies and linked local groups.

The Renaissance programme is funded by the Department for Culture Media and Sport with the aim of transforming England's regional museums. It enables museums to maximise capital developments and provides other financial support so that they can attract more visitors, work more effectively with schools, community groups and lifelong learning, make the most of their collections and invest in their staff.

More information on the Renassance Heritage Awards

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