An Eco-Museum in Rossendale?

The Heritage Lottery Fund has funded research into creating an Eco-museum in Rossendale. As part of this research we have designed a questionnaire to find out what the people of Rossendale think.

There are three parts to the questionnaire - please answer any sections that are relevant to you or that you have an interest in;

1. Questions for the residents of Rossendale
2. Questions for conservation groups
3. Questions for the education sector
4. Questions for tourist and access groups

Definition of an Eco-Museum

• An Eco-museum is not a building but a particular place and community.
• In Rossendale it could contain working examples of quarrying, mining, smelting Iron, A deer park, spinning mills, textiles and slipper factories, leather working etc.
• It is a geographical area that contains heritage sites, important historical places that helped shape the environment.
• An Eco-museum helps conserve the archaeology and understand the way an area developed and learn from these findings.
• An Eco-museum can be a workshop to preserve skills that are being lost due to the rapid changes brought about by modernization.
• An Eco-museum can be a school for the local population and visitors.
• An Eco-museum helps the present population understand their past, understand its impact and share it with others.
• An Eco-museum respects the ecological integrity of the landscape and promotes the sustainability of the sites with the support of the local population.

Links:
www.provincia.pistoia.it/ecomuseo
www.ekomuseum.se
www.ecomuseo.it
www.dolomiti-garda.it

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