Museums and Heritage
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Communicating with the Public
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Storytelling performance
Improving Visitor Experience - Training for Volunteers and Front of House Staff
Activities for Corporate Sponsors and Members
National Trust
Communicating with the Public. Local, Regional and National Workshops
Government Art Collection
Creating Coherent Tours and Interpretation
North East and West Museums
Storytelling as a Resource for Museum/Gallery Interpretation
Ernst & Young
Storytelling to Compliment Sponsorship Activities
Museum, Libraries and Archives Council, London Museums Hub
Storytelling for Tour Creation
The National Maritime Museum
Storytelling with activities for Key stage 1 + 2
The National Trust
Storytelling to Compliment Conference Themes
The Geffrye Museum
Young Volunteers Project.
The Wallace Collection
Christmas Storytelling Commission
The Horniman Museum
Schools Education Team Training
The Horniman Museum
Team Training Day
The National Trust
A Storytelling Project with 2 Schools
The Geffrye Museum
A Family Activity
Mayflower Primary School, Tower Hamlets
Key Stage 2, Museum and Gallery Visits, Creative Partnerships
The Royal Parks
Storytelling to Share Best Practice and Learn Presentation Skills
The Geffrye Museum
Education Team Training
Chester Zoo
Storytelling for Presentation and Interpretation of Information
The Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts
Storytelling to Inspire Ideas and Plans at a Conference
The National Maritime Museum
Storytelling with activities for Key stage 1 + 2

Situation:
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich wanted to replace their Key Stage 1+2 story-house sessions in the Queen’s House. They were looking to move away from work sheets and instead create a unique, memorable, interactive session based around traditional oral storytelling.
We were approached and asked to bid for the creation and delivery, on a weekly basis, of the new sessions.

Solution:
We wrote an original story suitable for each key stage, based on historical characters and details surrounding the Queen’s House. We then devised activities that would take place within the stories, which would make the audience responsible for delivering a happy ending

Results:
To ensure the sustainability of the project, rather than delivering the story-house sessions ourselves, we trained the education team to be able to tell the stories and facilitate the activities themselves. There was also the added bonus of being able to transfer the storytelling skills provide in the training, to other areas of their work at the National Maritime Museum.

"We invited The Whole Story to run a session at our conference because we were interested in how their approach could be implemented at our properties. We were overwhelmed by exuberantly positive feedback from the people who attended, and realised we absolutely had to work with them again! We have since worked in partnership with them to work up a pilot for using storytelling to improve the visitor experience at a range of properties across the country and have been impressed by their energy, ideas, positivity and efficiency. Their interactive approach is exactly what we have been looking for, and the workshops they ran have encouraged our staff and volunteers that they too have stories to tell, and they can engage visitors' interest and spark inspiration."


Alex Murphy – Learning, National Trust