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Vale Heritage Centre Coalition
Our Vision
"A 21st century Heritage Quarter for a modern Vale, with School’s, local people and visitors taking part and enjoying as they learn about and appreciate their heritage."
The Vale Heritage Centre: A 21st century centre for history and remembrance
Treasuring the Past - Embracing the Present - Envisioning the Future.....
In time, tributes will be made to all of the people and groups involved, for their vision, dedication and the drive and enthusiasm that should eventually see a combined museum, visitor attraction and multi-purpose community area / meeting room.
Something that is badly needed in the Vale.
The basic requirement is for the Vale to be proud of this project and for it to be a really useful facility for the community as well as housing the valuable heritage treasures of “Barry and the Vale".
Although wisely based on original calls for various forms of museum by various bodies over a long period, this is a brave new call that is just what the Vale needs in order to attract Heritage Tourism.
New ideas are often controversial. Successful projects build on past efforts, emulating their strengths and learning from their mistakes.
An inclusive, open planning process is essential. To succeed, an interpretive project must ally itself in a mutually respectful way with other community-building efforts, creating a special role that fits the hopes, expectations, and needs of a broad cross-section of citizens and organizations.
The facility should preserve the area's cultural heritage and include an accessible community venue, providing a learning and research centre for local history.
The reception area could contain a rich mixture of displays relating to local themes and the building should also include a community museum displaying the fascinating heritage of both Barry and the Vale.
Such a facility would be responsible for preserving a collection for visitors and the community to enjoy for years to come.
Any new venture could provide Barry and the surrounding area with a local knowledge base and visitor attraction which people may see as a 'must visit' venue at the heart of the community. A useful living attraction that everyone in the area, as well as visitors to the town, will want to use, will be proud of and will want to be part of.
A community meeting room area is something desperately needed by many of our local organisations.
A suitable multi use venue for further display, exhibitions, meetings, school learning groups etc, is a must.
A correctly planned and researched resource could become a landmark in Barry.
The Vale Heritage Centre would become guardian of important local collections. The project would preserve the memories of people of the Vale and remember individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Local heroes of the high seas, the many ships that foundered in the area, wartime events and military history, Port, Railway and more and also both display and record all artefacts and memories.
Providing a home for a valuable primary source of living history that otherwise would be lost, benefiting, both current and future generations, our heritage for our children and our county.
"A community-based heritage centre would capture the past and bring it to life with a fascinating history and story to tell."
“As one would expect in a seafaring town, Barry's children have spread far and wide in the world. We should provide somewhere special for them and their children to visit when they come home”.
"British summers can no longer be guaranteed so much tourism is generated by Heritage Attractions. Located in close proximity to Cardiff, the Vale could capitalise on the city’s tourism if there was a Heritage Centre, bringing revenue to the town and surrounding area."
21st Century Heritage Quarter
Founder of the Vale Heritage Centre Coalition, Dr Jonathan Hicks said; "It is easy to let the imagination run riot.
A correctly chosen location now, in time could become a much larger venture, an exciting and accessible heritage quarter with much-needed community space and further visitor attractions."
The Vale Heritage Centre Coalition believes that this area would gradually become home to a tourist information office, a café, with open-air uses. It could incorporate a covered multi use space, an area for musical performances / concerts etc during the summer months, or just as a community meeting place which could also display some heritage exhibits suitable for all-weather exposure.
A 21st century Heritage Quarter for a modern Vale, with School’s, local people and visitors taking part and enjoying as they learn about and appreciate their heritage.
Creating a new iconic area surrounding a community heritage centre could become a landmark in the town as well as being a major tourist attraction.
Not only will it provide a real flavour of the locality today to tempt visitors to find out, but actually inviting them to join in.
Nationwide, community-focused museums are making a difference for people of all ages and backgrounds.
Exhibits and programs invite visitors and members to explore common interests and engage in dialogue about current issues. And as community members gain confidence in the museum as a safe space where all viewpoints are welcome, there is potential for fruitful conversations on controversial and divisive topics as well.
With the £9m Barry Regeneration Scheme, many people now seek the best for Barry, only learning of and from the past can we best prepare for the future: Barry and the Vale has a living history that requires attention whether by the preservation of a building, restoration of a grave, care of a monument,
remembering those lost or ensuring our heritage.
We can all play a part before all is lost.
Barry is the largest town in Wales and should no longer be known as a town without a museum.
www.glamorganheritage.org/ourvision.html
Our Vision
"A 21st century Heritage Quarter for a modern Vale, with School’s, local people and visitors taking part and enjoying as they learn about and appreciate their heritage."
The Vale Heritage Centre: A 21st century centre for history and remembrance
Treasuring the Past - Embracing the Present - Envisioning the Future.....
In time, tributes will be made to all of the people and groups involved, for their vision, dedication and the drive and enthusiasm that should eventually see a combined museum, visitor attraction and multi-purpose community area / meeting room.
Something that is badly needed in the Vale.
The basic requirement is for the Vale to be proud of this project and for it to be a really useful facility for the community as well as housing the valuable heritage treasures of “Barry and the Vale".
Although wisely based on original calls for various forms of museum by various bodies over a long period, this is a brave new call that is just what the Vale needs in order to attract Heritage Tourism.
New ideas are often controversial. Successful projects build on past efforts, emulating their strengths and learning from their mistakes.
An inclusive, open planning process is essential. To succeed, an interpretive project must ally itself in a mutually respectful way with other community-building efforts, creating a special role that fits the hopes, expectations, and needs of a broad cross-section of citizens and organizations.
The facility should preserve the area's cultural heritage and include an accessible community venue, providing a learning and research centre for local history.
The reception area could contain a rich mixture of displays relating to local themes and the building should also include a community museum displaying the fascinating heritage of both Barry and the Vale.
Such a facility would be responsible for preserving a collection for visitors and the community to enjoy for years to come.
Any new venture could provide Barry and the surrounding area with a local knowledge base and visitor attraction which people may see as a 'must visit' venue at the heart of the community. A useful living attraction that everyone in the area, as well as visitors to the town, will want to use, will be proud of and will want to be part of.
A community meeting room area is something desperately needed by many of our local organisations.
A suitable multi use venue for further display, exhibitions, meetings, school learning groups etc, is a must.
A correctly planned and researched resource could become a landmark in Barry.
The Vale Heritage Centre would become guardian of important local collections. The project would preserve the memories of people of the Vale and remember individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Local heroes of the high seas, the many ships that foundered in the area, wartime events and military history, Port, Railway and more and also both display and record all artefacts and memories.
Providing a home for a valuable primary source of living history that otherwise would be lost, benefiting, both current and future generations, our heritage for our children and our county.
"A community-based heritage centre would capture the past and bring it to life with a fascinating history and story to tell."
“As one would expect in a seafaring town, Barry's children have spread far and wide in the world. We should provide somewhere special for them and their children to visit when they come home”.
"British summers can no longer be guaranteed so much tourism is generated by Heritage Attractions. Located in close proximity to Cardiff, the Vale could capitalise on the city’s tourism if there was a Heritage Centre, bringing revenue to the town and surrounding area."
21st Century Heritage Quarter
Founder of the Vale Heritage Centre Coalition, Dr Jonathan Hicks said; "It is easy to let the imagination run riot.
A correctly chosen location now, in time could become a much larger venture, an exciting and accessible heritage quarter with much-needed community space and further visitor attractions."
The Vale Heritage Centre Coalition believes that this area would gradually become home to a tourist information office, a café, with open-air uses. It could incorporate a covered multi use space, an area for musical performances / concerts etc during the summer months, or just as a community meeting place which could also display some heritage exhibits suitable for all-weather exposure.
A 21st century Heritage Quarter for a modern Vale, with School’s, local people and visitors taking part and enjoying as they learn about and appreciate their heritage.
Creating a new iconic area surrounding a community heritage centre could become a landmark in the town as well as being a major tourist attraction.
Not only will it provide a real flavour of the locality today to tempt visitors to find out, but actually inviting them to join in.
Nationwide, community-focused museums are making a difference for people of all ages and backgrounds.
Exhibits and programs invite visitors and members to explore common interests and engage in dialogue about current issues. And as community members gain confidence in the museum as a safe space where all viewpoints are welcome, there is potential for fruitful conversations on controversial and divisive topics as well.
With the £9m Barry Regeneration Scheme, many people now seek the best for Barry, only learning of and from the past can we best prepare for the future: Barry and the Vale has a living history that requires attention whether by the preservation of a building, restoration of a grave, care of a monument,
remembering those lost or ensuring our heritage.
We can all play a part before all is lost.
Barry is the largest town in Wales and should no longer be known as a town without a museum.
www.glamorganheritage.org/ourvision.html