Museums of History NSW
Hyde Park Barracks
Museums of History NSW brings together the historic houses, museums and collections previously in the care of Sydney Living Museums with the vast archives and records in the NSW State Archives Collection as an agency of the NSW Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport (DCITHS). In 2019/20 the Hyde Park Barracks Museum underwent a significant re-development utilising cutting edge technology (created by Local Projects, responsible for the 9/11 Museum in New York).
Website
I was hired to project manage the launch of the Hyde Park Barracks website and the re-development of the website and app for Sydney Open, as well as lead and production manage all projects of the digital team.
In 2019/20 the Hyde Park Barracks Museum underwent a significant re-development utilising cutting edge technology (created by Local Projects, responsible for the 9/11 Museum in New York). It also broke new ground in the retelling of Australia’s colonial history to include the lasting impact of colonisation on First Nations people. The website needed to integrate cutting-edge museum experience with the roll out of the new ticketing platform Tessitura; as well as sensitively include traumatic elements of Aboriginal history and be historically accurate. I collaborated with the curatorial, ticketing, education and front of house teams to produce a website that was cohesive, whilst working with external vendors for to ensure accurate implementation and integration.
The Hyde Park Barracks website won the Program Website category at the 2020 Museums Australia Publication Design Awards.
(There has been some updates to the website since I worked on it. But many of the original patterns have been re-used and it gives an understanding of the space.)