How Can We Help?

• Online and Digital Developments
  Bentley Beetham Collection, Heritage Centre Bellingham, Burgundy Gite Hols, Tyne & Wear Heritage Open Days

  From the winners of a North East Digital Award 2007

  • Online & digital developments
    • Strategic planning
    • practical delivery
    • content development & editorial
  • Digitisation of rare archives
  • Care and handling of rare objects
  • Making your collections available and 'usable' online

  Create online exhibitions or develop access to your collections online. Market your historic tourist venue or heritage guest accomodation. Create 360 bubble worlds or walking trails that map out online or via mobile. Link in to social networks and web 2.0 applications to make the most opportunities for your audience.

  e.g. The Bentley Beetham Collection, Heritage Centre, Bellingham, Burgundy Gite Holidays

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  From the winners of a North East Digital Award 2007

  • Online & digital developments
    • Strategic planning
    • practical delivery
    • content development & editorial
  • Digitisation of rare archives
  • Care and handling of rare objects
  • Making your collections available and 'usable' online

  Create online exhibitions or develop access to your collections online. Market your historic tourist venue or heritage guest accomodation. Create 360 bubble worlds or walking trails that map out online or via mobile. Link in to social networks and web 2.0 applications to make the most opportunities for your audience.

  e.g. The Bentley Beetham Collection, Heritage Centre, Bellingham, Burgundy Gite Holidays

• Interpretation
  Planning and consulting. Content development and editorial. Picture research, licensing, design and print.

  • Interpretative planning & consultation
  • Interpretive writing
  • Interpretive design for
    • print
    • cast bronze
    • etched zinc
    • fired ceramic lavastone

  From planning and consulting to the research and development of content including picture research and licensing. We will source and recommend the best materials to fit your budget. We will create the design and source production of the finished product. We will oversee the installation.

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  • Interpretative planning & consultation
  • Interpretive writing
  • Interpretive design for
    • print
    • cast bronze
    • etched zinc
    • fired ceramic lavastone

  From planning and consulting to the research and development of content including picture research and licensing. We will source and recommend the best materials to fit your budget. We will create the design and source production of the finished product. We will oversee the installation.

• Photography
  As keen artists we strive to find the shots that are different to the norm. To make what you have stand out.

  • Archithitectural photography
  • Landscape photography
  • Heritage/ Art/ Cultural Event photography

  As supporting images for interpretive, design and online / digital work.

  Or under commission for one-off events.

  We always strive to find a shot that's different to the norm and will help you stand out.

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  • Archithitectural photography
  • Landscape photography
  • Heritage/ Art/ Cultural Event photography

  As supporting images for interpretive, design and online / digital work.

  Or under commission for one-off events.

  We always strive to find a shot that's different to the norm and will help you stand out.

• ExploreHeritage - Newcastle Commemorative Plaques
  A new resource, developed for Newcastle City Council by us as part of our Explore Heritage Initiative allows users to explore the history and heritage of Newcastle through the 92 commemorative plaques using Googlemaps, Google Earth, Bing Maps or Google Maps for mobile.

  A new resource, developed for Newcastle City Council by us as part of our Explore Heritage Initiative allows users to explore the history and heritage of Newcastle through the 92 commemorative plaques using Googlemaps, Google Earth, Bing Maps or Google Maps for mobile.

  The resource can be accessed by:

  • Using Google Earth (opens in Google Earth but you must have it installed)
  • Using Bing Maps
  • Using Googlemaps
  • Using Googlemaps for mobile - enter the url http://www.exploreheritage.co.uk/go.php?trail_id=5 into the search box on Googlemaps for mobile

  The 'Explore Heritage Initiative - EHI' was the brainchild of MGH Consultants and provides facilities for creating sustainable, cost-effective online heritage/culture/art trails, etc, as well as mapping other points of interest like commemorative plaques, information/interpretation boards throughout the UK and Europe, whilst also providing printable and downloadable resources such as the trail guides, visitor information etc.

  The cost of developing printed guides can be significant and far out of the reach of much of the UKs knowledgebase in volunteer-run amenity bodies and the like, with or without available grants. Developments like this could help us, at a fraction of the print production costs, to harness this knowledgebase and tap into the local knowledge of these types of societies and trusts as well as keep resources more up-to-date, as well as provide 'on-demand' printing of the latest, most-up-to-date information rather than waiting until a print-run has been fully exhausted before updating information. 

  All this is aimed at putting more visitor information at people's fingertips, through one portal (exploreheritage.co.uk - this is still very much under development) so people can plan their trips more effectively, get on-demand information whilst they are out and about or make virtual visits, rather than relying on dropping into a TIC or the leaflets available at tourist accomodation.

  If you would like more information about how you can get your heritage/cultural/art/historic trails or points of interest online and available through mobile maps, online mapping facilities and Google Earth then please contact Ben Smith, 01670 811 219, ben.smith@mghconsultants.com.

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  A new resource, developed for Newcastle City Council by us as part of our Explore Heritage Initiative allows users to explore the history and heritage of Newcastle through the 92 commemorative plaques using Googlemaps, Google Earth, Bing Maps or Google Maps for mobile.

  The resource can be accessed by:

  • Using Google Earth (opens in Google Earth but you must have it installed)
  • Using Bing Maps
  • Using Googlemaps
  • Using Googlemaps for mobile - enter the url http://www.exploreheritage.co.uk/go.php?trail_id=5 into the search box on Googlemaps for mobile

  The 'Explore Heritage Initiative - EHI' was the brainchild of MGH Consultants and provides facilities for creating sustainable, cost-effective online heritage/culture/art trails, etc, as well as mapping other points of interest like commemorative plaques, information/interpretation boards throughout the UK and Europe, whilst also providing printable and downloadable resources such as the trail guides, visitor information etc.

  The cost of developing printed guides can be significant and far out of the reach of much of the UKs knowledgebase in volunteer-run amenity bodies and the like, with or without available grants. Developments like this could help us, at a fraction of the print production costs, to harness this knowledgebase and tap into the local knowledge of these types of societies and trusts as well as keep resources more up-to-date, as well as provide 'on-demand' printing of the latest, most-up-to-date information rather than waiting until a print-run has been fully exhausted before updating information. 

  All this is aimed at putting more visitor information at people's fingertips, through one portal (exploreheritage.co.uk - this is still very much under development) so people can plan their trips more effectively, get on-demand information whilst they are out and about or make virtual visits, rather than relying on dropping into a TIC or the leaflets available at tourist accomodation.

  If you would like more information about how you can get your heritage/cultural/art/historic trails or points of interest online and available through mobile maps, online mapping facilities and Google Earth then please contact Ben Smith, 01670 811 219, ben.smith@mghconsultants.com.

• A Poet Came Striding By - video
  The Heritage Centre at Bellingham hosted Simon Armitage, troubador, on 10th July as he walked the Pennine Way and talked through his poetry at selected venues. With material supplied by Yvonne Davies and Garrett Studios a YouTube video of the event that featured other local artists was created by MGH Consultants to summarise the event. You can view the video here.

  The Heritage Centre at Bellingham hosted Simon Armitage, troubador, on 10th July as he walked the Pennine Way and talked through his poetry at selected venues. With material supplied by Yvonne Davies and Garrett Studios a YouTube video of the event that featured other local artists was created by MGH Consultants to summarise the event. You can view the video here

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  The Heritage Centre at Bellingham hosted Simon Armitage, troubador, on 10th July as he walked the Pennine Way and talked through his poetry at selected venues. With material supplied by Yvonne Davies and Garrett Studios a YouTube video of the event that featured other local artists was created by MGH Consultants to summarise the event. You can view the video here

• The Heritage Centre goes ‘live’! MGH Consultants sponsors webcast
  M G H Consultants have part-sponsored the volunteer-run Heritage Centre at Bellingham, Northumberland in its latest initiative - its first ever live webcasts to internet viewers all over the world. The webcasts will feature local artist Rachel Pearson as she paints Ninety-Nine Northumbriana in the Centre.

  M G H Consultants have part-sponsored the volunteer-run Heritage Centre at Bellingham, Northumberland in its latest initiative - its first ever live webcasts to internet viewers all over the world. The webcasts will feature local artist Rachel Pearson as she paints Ninety-Nine Northumbriana in the Centre.

  The mural, Ninety-Nine Northumbriana, which will be approximately 2.5 square metres in size, will feature 99 images of Northumberland life. The first webcast takes place today Tuesday July 13th (10am – 12.45pm), and others are scheduled for Wednesday 14th,Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th, with more to follow over the next six weeks. Starting time is 10.00 a.m. each day. Internet viewers can see the live webcasts (or recorded videos when Rachel is not painting) of Ninety-Nine Northumbriana on http://www.bellinghamheritage.org.uk/pages/special-events/ninety-nine-northumbriana.php

  Rachel Pearson is inviting visitors to the Heritage Centre and internet viewers on the Centre’s website to contact her with ideas for the mural. Suggestions will be put into a draw and the winner, chosen at random, will receive a limited edition print of an original watercolour by the artist of a local scene, ‘Hesleyside Woods in Spring’. Rachel says: “I have already decided on the majority of the images but I thought it would be interesting to solicit some from the public including, who knows, from web-viewers from far off places. I am delighted that I will have this new audience for my work. I will be happy to explain to visitors what I’m doing and why I chose the selected images. When it was suggested that I do live webcasts I went along with the idea: it is both exciting and terrifying!”. Rachel is stealing time from her other roles as secretary of Bellingham Show, councillor, administrator, actor, fiddler etc to do the work.

  The mural is being sponsored by VARC (Visual Arts in Rural Communities). The webcasts are being sponsored by Northumberland National Park, MGH Consultants (who designed the Centre’s website) and the Heritage Centre. Terry Bragg, who is chairman of the Heritage Centre, had this to say about the initiative:

  “We are extremely grateful to VARC, to our web designers MGH Consultants, and to Northumberland National Park for their generous support for this new Heritage Centre initiative, and for previous ones. It is a terrific encouragement to all of us volunteers at this small but hugely interesting museum. The Heritage Centre is drawing more visitors to the area year on year, and the feedback from them is highly complimentary. The mural and the webcasts will draw even more people to this beautiful part of Northumberland”.

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  M G H Consultants have part-sponsored the volunteer-run Heritage Centre at Bellingham, Northumberland in its latest initiative - its first ever live webcasts to internet viewers all over the world. The webcasts will feature local artist Rachel Pearson as she paints Ninety-Nine Northumbriana in the Centre.

  The mural, Ninety-Nine Northumbriana, which will be approximately 2.5 square metres in size, will feature 99 images of Northumberland life. The first webcast takes place today Tuesday July 13th (10am – 12.45pm), and others are scheduled for Wednesday 14th,Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th, with more to follow over the next six weeks. Starting time is 10.00 a.m. each day. Internet viewers can see the live webcasts (or recorded videos when Rachel is not painting) of Ninety-Nine Northumbriana on http://www.bellinghamheritage.org.uk/pages/special-events/ninety-nine-northumbriana.php

  Rachel Pearson is inviting visitors to the Heritage Centre and internet viewers on the Centre’s website to contact her with ideas for the mural. Suggestions will be put into a draw and the winner, chosen at random, will receive a limited edition print of an original watercolour by the artist of a local scene, ‘Hesleyside Woods in Spring’. Rachel says: “I have already decided on the majority of the images but I thought it would be interesting to solicit some from the public including, who knows, from web-viewers from far off places. I am delighted that I will have this new audience for my work. I will be happy to explain to visitors what I’m doing and why I chose the selected images. When it was suggested that I do live webcasts I went along with the idea: it is both exciting and terrifying!”. Rachel is stealing time from her other roles as secretary of Bellingham Show, councillor, administrator, actor, fiddler etc to do the work.

  The mural is being sponsored by VARC (Visual Arts in Rural Communities). The webcasts are being sponsored by Northumberland National Park, MGH Consultants (who designed the Centre’s website) and the Heritage Centre. Terry Bragg, who is chairman of the Heritage Centre, had this to say about the initiative:

  “We are extremely grateful to VARC, to our web designers MGH Consultants, and to Northumberland National Park for their generous support for this new Heritage Centre initiative, and for previous ones. It is a terrific encouragement to all of us volunteers at this small but hugely interesting museum. The Heritage Centre is drawing more visitors to the area year on year, and the feedback from them is highly complimentary. The mural and the webcasts will draw even more people to this beautiful part of Northumberland”.

Heritage Centre Bellingham

South Pennines Sacred Trails

Renwick Memorial - The Response 1914