TORQUAY historians have used the power of the internet to build a \u201cmuseum without walls\u201d, and have called on the community to share their stories.<\/p>\n
The virtual museum was launched at a ceremony at the Spring Creek Community House on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Torquay Museum Without Walls president Chris Barr said the project was a digital history of the town that people could get access to anywhere, anytime, including pictures, databases, oral histories, and videos.<\/p>\n
In the future, the group hopes to create audio walking tours and a smartphone app.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about old history, and new history, and unless we start recording what we think is relevant and new history, it\u2019ll get lost before it becomes old history,\u201d Mrs Barr said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened in the 1970s when the hippies came to Torquay? It\u2019s very much part of our history and young people of Torquay think it is old history.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we don\u2019t record those stories, they\u2019ll be lost before we can get them down.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said the project needed contributions from \u201cyou and everyone you know\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want people to share their stories so that we can build a library of stories from Torquay.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mrs Barr said the Museum Without Walls was particularly important for students at Surf Coast Secondary College \u201cWe want them to read as many views as they can (about Torquay), and make up their own minds on what might have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really wonderful in our community when new initiatives are done, and it\u2019s just growing and growing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
To visit Torquay\u2019s Museum Without Walls, head to torquayhistory.com or facebook.com\/torquay.museum.without.walls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TORQUAY historians have used the power of the internet to build a \u201cmuseum without walls\u201d, and have called on the community to share their stories. The virtual museum was launched at a ceremony at the Spring Creek Community House on Tuesday night. Torquay Museum Without Walls president Chris Barr said the project was a digital […]<\/p>\n