Yesterday Bryan drove myself, Miriam and Brian to Louth to visit the museum. We eventually found the museum after an hour in the car and had to wait five minutes outside for David the museum manager/owner to arrive. The museum is currently undergoing improvements and is not open to the public until April. At this point i wondering what inside was going to have in store for us.
When we entered the museum we were greeted by two ladies that were responsible for cataloging the museums artifacts and various documents. We explained who we were and exactly what we were doing with the museum and they offered to help if ever we needed any. They brought to our attention their impeeding trip to a local nursing home, to meet with the residents who were alive during world war 2 for a piece in the museum. We agreed to go along and help them with the audio recording as we could also talk to some of the residents about their lives in Louth. This offering will be a brilliant addition to my research as primary information is generally very accurate.
Whilst walking around the museum we took notes for possible ideas and inspiration. We still have to make the decision on what exactly we are going to do in terms of our output. The possible options are to focus all our attention on the flood and make a radio docu-drama in great depth or do all of the museum as an audio tour in small bit size chunks.
We have yet to decide but will meet in the next couple of days to discuss our ideas.