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A building's history visitors can step through

Visitors move through the years and the building changes with them. Numbered points tell the story of each part, from the water wheel to the café.

Try itDrag the timeline from 1795 to 1985, and open the numbered points.

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Calder MillMuseum and workshops

1795 The weir: Built in 1794 to hold back the river and feed the mill race. It still holds back the river today.

1795

A water-powered spinning mill

Three storeys of cotton spinning, driven by the river. Around 60 people worked here, many of them children.

Then
Around 60 workers and one water wheel.
Now
The weir is the oldest part still standing.

  1. Built in 1794 to hold back the river and feed the mill race. It still holds back the river today.

Calder Mill and its history are invented.

What this demo does

  • A timeline you can drag through four eras of the building.
  • A drawing that changes with each era.
  • Numbered points with the story of each part.
  • Works with a keyboard and a screen reader, with the story as text.

What a real one adds

  • Your archive photos, maps and plans alongside or instead of drawings.
  • Stories edited by staff and volunteers from an admin page.
  • The same pages on a touchscreen in the gallery.
  • Audio for each point, recorded by your volunteers.

What it costs

Usually a website or a single tool: £1,500 to £4,000.

Built for your business, with your content, your branding and the parts you need. Every build starts with a free conversation and a fixed quote, and you own the code.

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Questions people ask

Do we need professional illustrations?
No. It works with drawings, historic photos, maps or plans. Most museums already have the material in their archive.
Can it run in the museum as well as online?
Yes. The same pages can run on a touchscreen in the gallery.
Who writes the stories?
You do, or your volunteers. Each point has a title, a few sentences and an optional picture.

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