Reimagine Remake Replay wins award

Reimagine Remake Replay is delivered by a number of local bodies including Derry’s Nerve Centre, National Museums NI, Northern Ireland Museums Council and Northern Ireland Screen, supported through the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s ‘Kick the Dust’ programme.

The project has engaged more than 3,000 young people in creative programmes, events and workshops in the Tower Museum, Ulster Museum, Ulster Folk Museum and local museums across the North over the last two years.

Project highlights have included a three day youth festival taking over Derry’s built heritage, a late night event in Ulster Museum attracting more than 800 attendees and an escape room in Mid-Antrim Museum.

Other highlights include virtual reality museum spaces, and a range of high quality content reimagining museum collections as 3D printed models, digital designs and films.

The ‘Best Museums Change Lives Project’ award recognises the best project in the past year across the UK that reflects one or more of the themes, including promoting health and well being, creating better places and inspiring reflection and debate.

Reimagine Remake Replay has empowered young people to gain new digital skills, including accreditations and Digital Badges, make thousands of creative outputs, and improve their mental health and self-confidence.

For World Mental Health Day 2020, the project supported young people to deliver a three-day online festival focused on mental health, heritage and the arts.

Joe Carlin, Reimagine Remake Replay project manager at the Nerve Centre, said: “Young people have traditionally been an under-represented group in museums.

“Reimagine Remake Replay makes heritage relevant and accessible to young people aged 16-25 through cutting edge creative media and the latest digital technologies.

“This award acknowledges the impact of the project in making museums inclusive and engaging spaces for young people. The project is changing how museums interact with young people and how young people perceive their place in museums.”

For more information about the project and the latest opportunities for young people to get involved, visit remagineremakereplay.org.