Heritage, tourism and digital technologies

How can digital technologies provide new forms of accessibility and interpretation, helping to tell seldom heard stories and histories?

In this one hour session, guest experts from three different disciplines met to share their experiences and discuss the possibilities:

Dr Amy Frost, Senior Curator at the Bath Preservation Trust
Amy Stewart, Producer at Zubr Curio
Kathryn Davis, Managing Director at Visit West.

Thanks to all who could join us for this lunchtime exploration of heritage, visitor engagement and digital technologies.

This event was part of the Out of the Archives series, which explores the question of how organisations can use their heritage and cultural assets to create rich and engaging digital experiences for visitors and local communities.

Speaker biographies

Dr. Amy Frost
Bath Preservation Trust & Museum of Bath Architecture,
Senior Curator / Architectural Curator and Collections Manager
Dr. Amy Frost is the Architectural Curator of the Bath Preservation Trust based at the Museum of Bath Architecture and specialises in British architecture of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Alongside her work on the built heritage of Bath she is also an expert on the life and aesthetics of the British collector and writer William Beckford (1760-1844) and is the Curator of Beckford’s Tower & Museum in Bath. She is a part-time Teaching Fellow at the University of Bath, School of Architecture.

Kathryn Davis
Managing Director, Visit West
Kathryn Davis was appointed Managing Director of Visit West in 2023, following 23 years working in Destination Management and Marketing in Bristol, Bath and the south west of England. Visit West deliver three Bristol Business Improvement Districts and are a nationally accredited Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP). She represents the destinations at national and international forums and promotes the value and importance of the visitor economy in the region. Kathryn is Vice-President of the Tourism Management Institute, a Board Member of UK Inbound and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, and a member of the Tourism Industry Council.

Amy Stewart
Producer, Zubr Curio
Amy Stewart is a Producer at Zubr Curio, a specialist augmented and virtual reality studio catering specifically to the arts, heritage and culture sector by developing high-quality, accessible, audience-centred immersive content and educational experiences.