Transforming and Activating Places

In this blogpost, history student Harry Pointon tells us how he saw his knowledge shared and valued by host organisation Museum for Wales. Knowledge Exchange has no boundaries. The emphasis that TAP puts on placements being a two-way knowledge exchange process is not misplaced, there really is infinite possibility for support, expertise and passion to flow both from placement hosts and those on placement and vice versa. Initially, arriving at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, and touring its vast and grand exhibits of historical art, botany, fossils, animals and more, as well as research facilities, libraries and archives, I felt completely out of my depth. What could I possibly offer such a prestigious institution and its expert staff, as a second year history student? That’s when I reflected on my TAP sessions and remembered being told that my experience, knowledge, and interests were entirely unique, and that I will always have something to bring to the table. I would encoura