Case Study · The Infirmary Museum
Minecraft hosting for heritage learning
A custom package — WordPress website, server management control panel and a managed Minecraft server — built for the Heritage Lottery Fund-backed project Virtually Rebuilding Worcestershire's Lost Buildings.
- Culture & heritage
- Museum
- Specialist project
- Minecraft hosting
- WordPress
The challenge
The Infirmary Museum needed reliable, affordable hosting for a public Minecraft project backed by a £6,700 Heritage Lottery Fund grant and further funding from The Hive. The server had to be highly configurable and always available, so a group of super-users could modify the standard Mojang server into an educational environment — with each player given their own space in the world to re-create parts of Worcestershire.
The solution
- A custom hosting package designed around the project
- A WordPress front-end website
- A Minecraft server management control panel
- A managed, always-available Minecraft server
- Plain-English support, with technical depth for the project's super-users
The outcomes
- Children re-created different buildings in Worcester in detail using Minecraft
- Live progress for all users shown on a large monitor during sessions
- A configurable educational world managed by the project's own super-users
“We set Education Host the challenge and they delivered what we asked for. Not being technically minded myself, they were able to respond in plain English and then be technical with our super users when necessary. We received a great service.”
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