Over the lockdown period, it was amazing and inspiring to see the way staff worked together to create digital content, while visitors weren’t able to enjoy the objects on-site.
Visitor Services Officers began to provide narration work to volunteers who weren’t confident narrating their own pieces, and it crested some truly spectacular and informative podcast recordings!
Researched and written by MDC Volunteer Lesley, and narrated by Visitor Services Officer Victoria, this podcast Early foot and boot warmers was a fantastic look into boot warmers that were used to deal with brutal English cold weather in the 17th century.
Victoria does an excellent job at describing what Lesley writes as “insulation being unheard of”, and providing an almost Dickensian picture of what winter must have been like.
Another excellent podcast recording that was a collaborative effort was this wonderful recording on Lawnmowers, and how we came to use the lawnmowers we have today. This was researched by MDC volunteer Paul, and narrated by Visitor Services Officer, Saul. I didn’t even know you could be a lawnmower expert!
It’s amazing how in times of trial, staff at the Powerhouse museum were able to work together to create these podcast episodes, and I’m very proud to have been part of the effort in creating them, well done to everyone involved!