Bannockburn House Trust is pleased to announce that Mrs. Katharine Rubinetti has been awarded a generous $10,000 grant from the St. Andrew’s Society of Washington, D.C. to support a groundbreaking digital heritage project at Bannockburn House.
As part of her capstone project for a Master of Arts in Cultural Heritage Management with a Certificate in Digital Curation at Johns Hopkins University, Katharine will be returning to Bannockburn House to lead the creation of an open-source digital archive of our finds.
This project is being undertaken in collaboration with Robert Gordon University under the supervision of Associate Professor Douglas Pritchard. Katharine will digitally scan and preserve 3D surrogates of significant heritage finds from the house and estate. These digital models will be accessible to the public and available for analysis by researchers and historians around the world.
As the largest community led heritage conservation project in Scotland, this work reflects the Trust’s commitment to world-class research, conservation, and curation. As they continue to uncover and share the stories held within the house’s walls and grounds, projects like this ensure that the heritage remains accessible, inclusive, and alive for generations to come.
Image shows Katherine outside Bannockburn House.
Text by Dr. Catherine A. Bradley
