Who We Are

 

Our Stories was set up in 2017 with the aim of doing things differently, to challenge existing norms and to provide innovative and sustainable support to cultural institutions in the North West. We believe in building long-term partnerships with exciting organisations and delivering legacy for our audiences.

We are passionate about making heritage accessible to all and specialise in producing high quality, multi-layered interpretive content. We undertake projects that allow us to tell the stories of special places to diverse audiences, empowering them to own their heritage and seek to learn more. At the moment we are particular interested in working with digital innovation to realise these goals.

We favour collaborative working: sharing ideas, testing new methods, learning from our co-producers. This means that our outputs are creative, well-informed and robust. We are excited by the chance to do things a little differently, to stimulate emotions, facilitate play, provoke debate.

 
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Dr Ruth Colton

Founder and Director

Ruth has many years experience as an academic and heritage professional who has managed many high-profile research-led arts and heritage engagement projects. She also has considerable experience of museum and art-gallery curation, audience engagement and community participation work. Ruth founded Our Stories Heritage Consultancy to support innovative impact outputs by academics, and to provide expertise and creative support to museums, art galleries and cultural organisations. She has a particular interest in engaging with non-traditional audiences and is passionate about the power of heritage to enrich people’s lives.

If you are interested in finding out more about Our Stories, say hello. We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Did you know…

 

We have a wider network of professionals who we work closely with. These include designers, AV technicians and builders. Working collaboratively allows for us to draw upon this wider pool of expertise to create technically and visually engaging exhibitions and events.