Kate Holden

Kate Holden is Learning Officer at the Great North Museum: Hancock, leading the museum’s learning programmes for audiences of all ages. Kate trained and worked as an Earth scientist, earning a degree in Geography (specialising in geomorphology and Quaternary environments) and a PhD in geochronology, and has held university research and lecturing roles.

Kate Holden will be speaking at the Museum Digital Summit 2026 :

Who Gets to Tell the Story? Co-Producing Digital Meaning in Museums

What happens when museum curators and disabled and neurodivergent creatives co-produce digital interpretation? We would like to share the current work at Great North Museum, Hancock, where filmmakers from Beacon Films and museum staff are jointly re-imagining underused spaces and surrounding collections through filmmaking, short-form video and digital art. Together, we are interrogating what stories are missing, what spaces could become, and how lived experience reshapes museum meaning. We will explore practical ways to embed co-production into digital engagement, curatorial practice and organisational culture — creating more inclusive, authentic and resonant digital heritage.