About Digital Midlands

"Digital Midlands" is a free web resource exploring the unique cultural heritage of the Midlands. It forms the regional contribution to the nationwide "EnrichUK" programme and is supported by the New Opportunities Fund.

Seven local projects are contributing to the Digital Midlands initiative. Each explores a specific county, locality or theme. A wide range of individual items are being selected and digitised from the region's Museums, Archives, Libraries, local communities and other collection holders. Digitised materials include old photographs, wildlife records, fine art, oral histories, video footage, old maps, literary works, historic documents, memorabilia, archaeological finds, geological specimens and much much more.

Web users are able to search the full database by using maps, subject themes, date ranges and other mechanisms. Each item is interpreted by subject experts and, in addition, a number of learning pathways are provided to give users a greater understanding of key aspects of the collections.

Collectively, this major new resource demonstrates what makes the Midlands a special place in which to live and learn by using real resources from the region.

Find out more about "Digital Midlands" by choosing a project from the list on the left. The seven project websites will be launched throughout 2003 and 2004. "Digital Midlands" uses a searchable database developed by Staffordshire County Council.