Online magazine aims to attract Creative Tourists to Manchester
Manchester's museums have launched creativetourist.com, an online magazine intended to attract culturally-minded visitors to the city.
The website will host features, interviews, arts news and city guides, directing “discerning cultural visitors” from across the UK and Europe to events and exhibitions taking place in Manchester.
It was devised by Manchester Museums Consortium, a group of nine venues including the Imperial War Museum North, The Lowry and The Whitworth Art Gallery.
Manchester studio Modern Designers designed the site and it was built by OH Digital, also based in the city.
Content will be commissioned and edited by Susie Stubbs, author of the Travels with my Baby site which won blog of the year at last year's Manchester Blog Awards.
Creative Tourist promises monthly features and interviews by “some of the UK's best writers” and “exclusive podcasts and vodcasts with national and international curators, critics and artists”. 'Issue 1', online now, features the Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller and a look at the Manchester International Festival.
Twice a year Creative Tourist will also publish “insider guides to the city” - showcasing the cultural programme on offer at its galleries and museums as well as featuring shops, bars, restaurants and other “leftfield” events.
The site also pledges to promote Manchester's best new bloggers, writers and photographers through its own blog.