Suzanne Knibbs

Suzanne Knibbs is the Participation Officer for the Dynamic Collections project at Birmingham Museums Trust. She welcomes groups into the Museum Collection Centre, to go behind the scenes and get hands-on with the collections. Through her museum career, Suzanne has primarily worked across the Historic Properties, where the visitor experience was at the heart of her role.

Alex Pinfold is speaking at the Digital Collections Summit 2024 :

Documentation Detectives: Digitising Museum Records Through Zooniverse Crowdsourcing

Given the scale and complexity of documentation that can be found in museums of all sizes, it is no wonder that the idea of digitising them through crowdsourcing can hold immense appeal. Birmingham Museum Trusts were no exception. As part of our Dynamic Collections initiative, in 2024 we launched Documentation Detectives, a Zooniverse-based project aiming to transcribe our accession registers. But what went into building such a project? What were the challenges and benefits? Join BMT as we discuss this journey and its lessons for other museums wanting to embark on similar projects.