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Kin by Nettie
Kin by Nettie
People. Past. Stories.
Kin by Nettie creates heritage experiences rooted in people, place and everyday life.
We work through research, interpretation, storytelling, sensory engagement and participation to help people encounter heritage in ways that feel relevant, welcoming and memorable.
Featured work
Featured work
Stories from the Gibbet
Stories from the Gibbet
Landscape, archaeology, storytelling and local memory
A guided heritage walk on Helsby Hill exploring crime, punishment and the way memory can remain embedded in a landscape long after the physical evidence has disappeared.
“Brought history to life with information, sounds and storytelling. More please!”
Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth
Material culture, sensory heritage and hands-on discovery
An interactive exploration of salt, local history and everyday material culture, inviting people to learn through touch, smell, making and experimentation.
“Friendly for all ages.”
Little Kin
Little Kin
Early years, embodied learning and belonging in museums
A museum-based programme for babies and caregivers, exploring what happens when very young children are recognised as participants in their own right and museums become part of everyday family life.
“Babies are not future audiences. They belong in museums now.”
How we work
How we work
We begin with the people who will join us.
We think about where they are, the realities of everyday life, and the barriers or thresholds that can make heritage feel distant or “not for me”.
We believe heritage is often found in the extraordinary everyday — in landscapes, objects, family stories, local customs, pubs, paths, workplaces and familiar places.
It does not need pomp or ceremony to matter.
Sometimes its significance is quieter: a story recognised, a place seen differently, a memory shared, a connection made.
Ideas in practice
Ideas in practice
Through talks, research and live projects, Kin contributes to wider conversations about access, participation, embodied learning and who gets to feel that heritage is for them.
Beyond the Screen
Beyond the Screen
What Babies Teach Us About Learning in a Digital Museum Age
Presented at the GEM Conference at Bletchley Park, this talk explored what museums can learn from babies: attention, movement, sensory experience, relationship and embodied learning.
From the Shadows to Belonging
From the Shadows to Belonging
Using Heritage and Movement to Engage Those Often Excluded from Sport
Presenting at the Sporting Heritage Online Conference, this talk explores how heritage and movement can create different routes into participation for people who have often felt excluded from sport.
What’s happening now
What’s happening now
**Coming up: Soul Cakers**
**Coming up: Soul Cakers**
Join us at the Railway Inn, Helsby, for an afternoon exploring the tradition of Cheshire soul caking through local history, story and shared experience.
A free Kin by Nettie event bringing heritage into a familiar community space.
**Coming up: Kin Apothecary Comes to Wild Spirit Woods**
**Coming up: Kin Apothecary Comes to Wild Spirit Woods**
Join us at Wild Spirit Woods, Congleton, for an afternoon exploring the town’s healing past through local stories, curious objects and hands-on activities.
A free Kin by Nettie and Wild Spirit Woods event bringing heritage into a woodland setting through making, investigation and shared experience.
Work with Kin
Work with Kin
Have an idea?
You do not need to arrive with a finished brief.
Tell us about the people, place or story you are working with — and what you are trying to make possible.
Kin can support:
project development, research, interpretation, community engagement, events, creative consultancy and evaluation.
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