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Date of visit: 12 December 2013
EXTERNAL
Relationship to surrounding areaThe National Heritage Park, in Ferrycarrig is situated on the country site, there is not much buildings just beside. Park is surrounded by the river
Sign-postingOn the way to site I’ve seen signs with directions
Car parkingJust beside entrance is large car parking for around 100 car or buses
BUILDING
Has it been restoredThe Irish National Heritage Park brings to life the history of life in Ireland since the Stone Age. Occupying 25 acres it has 16 archaeological and historical reconstructions of prehistoric houses, a megalithic tomb, a fulacht fiadh, a ringfort, crannog, monastic site, Anglo-Norman Motte and Bailey Castle and much more. There are also education workshops, school tours and a range of activities. The park has a restaurant and gift shop.
Quality of conservation/restorationQuality of reconstructed buildings stands ion very high level with grat take care about details for egzample lived animals
Is it architecturally designed?All buildings are designed according to period of history where this same was built
What is its relationship to other buildings or general environment?There are no other buildings just beside park
What is historical/ heritage/ cultural significance site?The park has heritage purpose. Brings visitor in interesting trip through 9000 years of history island of Ireland
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Reception/entrance areaReception is situated in newly built entrance area. Beside reception are craftshop and big restaurant.
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Pricing (adult, student, groups)
Tickets Prices in Euro’s PricesIndividual / Adult €9.00Family (2 adults + 3 Children Under 16 yrs) €24.00Senior Citizen €7.00Student €7.00Children 4 years and under FreeChild (5-12 yrs) €4.00Child (13-16 yrs) €4.50
Internal sign-postingThere were many signs with information about routes and exposition information’s
Access for mobility impaired/wheelchair userThere is limited access for peoples with disabilities. Ground, entrances to buildings and stairs are sometimes very narrow
Health & safetyWhole place is safe for visitors. Animals which pretend to be wild are separated
Visitor flowIrish National Heritage Park is one of the biggest attraction in Wexford area and is visited by large number of tourist every day
FACILITIES
ToiletsToilets are situated beside reception. There are no toilets inside park
Café, restaurant, museum shopCafé, restaurant and shop are just beside reception. Shop is very large and offer large number of items. Restaurant Is for around 70 peoples and there is also extra space outside
Craftshop/bookshopThere is large number of books about place and Irish prehistoric history
Additional amenitiesBefore tour we seen the movie about Irish prehistoric history and how people lived then
INTERPRETATION
Range of interetative literature (booklets, guidebook, maps)Inside the shop is very good range of books, booklets and free leaflets. Price is between €5 - €30
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Exhibition (visuals, displays, story boards, models, artifacts)Exhibition contain buildings (wood and stone), animals, models, ships and artifacts
Sound and lightingInside wood buildings frequently you can find some lighst of fire, sounds
Tour guide (quality of presentation, knowledge)The Guide was dressed as monk. His clothes weren’t the best quality, but overall effect was nice. He had good knowledge about exposition and presented it in very interesting way
Audio-visual display (seating capacity, slides, DVD)There is movie room for around 100 peoples. Movie was interesting and gave good preparation before tour
LanguagesTour is available in 4 languages – English, Irish, German and French. Beside each village there is also sound information in 8 languages (Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian are added there)
MARKETING
WebsiteThe Irish National Heritage park has own website: http://www.inhp.com
Market mix (local, national, international)There is international market because of large number available languages
Promotions and special eventsThere is possibility to camp for peoples which want to live like they ancesters
MANAGEMENT PROFILE
Is it a public or private facility?The Irish National Heritage Park is private facility
How many people are employed? (full-time, part-time)There are 25 employed for full time
Does the enterprise have a commercial or heritage purposeThe Irish National Heritage Park has heritage purpose.
BIBLOGRAPHY
http://www.inhp.com
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