I have been an Interpretive Planner for museums around the world for over 30 years. When I started in 1992, the term was rarely used. Family and friends still ask: “What is it exactly that you do?” So I thought I would look back over my 30 years in museums, zoos, aquaria and heritage sites to pick out some of the favourite exhibits that I have worked on as a way of explaining the process of interpretive planning and what it is. Here we look at an exhibit in a Tai Kwun prison cell.
The Hong Kong Standard featured our newly opened project CLP Pulse. Quotes include: “The exhibitions aim to showcase the significance of CLP’s development to the modernization of Hong Kong and its smart city development, the Kadoorie family’s connection to CLP and the city, as well as a range of local intangible cultural heritage items. Visitors can learn about energy planning and climate change through a range of interactive games and immersive experiences.”
You can read the whole article here.
Great to be at the opening of CLP Pulse last night unveiled by Sir Michael Kadoorie and Chief Secretary of Hong Kong Chan Kwok-ki.
A new museums and heritage tourism book by Winkle-picker Managing Director Chris White will be published by Routledge in April 2023. Entitled Museums and heritage tourism: theory, practice and people, it examines the symbiotic relationship between museums, heritage attractions and tourism, using a range of international case studies.
The HSBC Archives Gallery saw the Hong Kong Archives Society visit on 24th February. Hosted by Thomas Warren of the HSBC Archives they learned about how one of the most prestigious corporate archives in the world has brought its heritage alive through the exhibition we designed with Sugar Design HK. They were also able to visit the new ‘Life on the South China Coast’ exhibition in the gallery.
Great to see the Peak Tram re-opens with a Grand Opening Ceremony of the sixth generation on 2 December 2022 after its HK$799 million upgrade project. The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels and Mr Kevin Yeung, Hong Kong SAR Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism officiated at the event.