{"id":116,"date":"2011-05-02T12:05:58","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T12:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=116"},"modified":"2011-06-14T15:25:13","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T15:25:13","slug":"january-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"January 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As members of the Literary Homes and Museums of Great Britain, Martha and I recently visited the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh and were bowled over by their state-of-the-art John Murray Exhibit.\u00a0 The John Murray Archive is one of the world\u2019s richest literary manuscript collections, including works by Lord Byron, Jane Austen, Charles Darwin \u2013 not the easiest thing to display to the public.\u00a0 How do you make pieces of paper interesting for visiting tourists and children?\u00a0 The NLS has Star Trek-like pods that light up suspended objects, and touch screen tables that respond to hidden projectors, rich with quirky anecdotes and bespoke animations.\u00a0 Down here on earth, at Knebworth House, we don\u2019t have pods or projectors, we have the trusty house guide.<\/p>\n<p>It is the enthusiasm and delight with which our guides tell the stories of Knebworth House that enthralls our visitors and brings history alive from the simplest piece of paper scribbled on by Charles Dickens or faded old photograph of Winston Churchill.\u00a0 Whether it is dressing up in old Tudor pantaloons or explaining a tongue scraper to a ten-year-old, our guides are indefatigable in their desire to entertain and enrich our visitors.\u00a0 And we have the results to prove it.\u00a0 Whilst our park admission numbers took a dive in 2007 (remember the rain?) our education group numbers leapt up from 2589 to 4399.\u00a0 If you\u2019d like to join our happy team of house guides, currently aged from 16 to 86 &#8211; please call Mia Herbert on 810934 or email <a href=\"mailto:mherbert@knebworthhouse.com\">mherbert@knebworthhouse.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Happy New Year from all the team at Knebworth House!<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/..\/\">www.knebworthhouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As members of the Literary Homes and Museums of Great Britain, Martha and I recently visited the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh and were bowled over by their state-of-the-art John Murray Exhibit.\u00a0 The John Murray Archive is one of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=116\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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