Explorer Trails

Family is at the heart of Colour Heroes who have over 25 years experience working with heritage sites, castles, museums and galleries. We are proud to be a trusted heritage sector specialist and members of GEM, ACE and AHI.

We offer a full creative service, working with you to create unique, hand-illustrated bespoke family explorer trails and children’s guidebooks that will tell your unique story and engage visitors with your site, from informal learning trails, through to detailed guidebooks which capture the essence of your heritage site. Our in-house studio are heritage specialists and experienced in creating museum family trails, historic house children's trails, bespoke children's illustrated map trails, outdoor activity and nature trails for parks and gardens.

Children's trails are a fantastic way of keeping young visitors entertained, ensuring a more enjoyable visit for all the family and a family day out that will inspire your visitors to explore your site and stay longer.

Bolling Hall

Children’s activity trail for Bolling Hall museum showcasing unique objects and the stories of the lives and times of Bradford families who have lived at Bolling Hall for over five hundred years.

The Mary Rose Museum

Children’s museum trail for the Mary Rose Museum including character design for Hatch, who leads you around the museum with his paw prints to find clues, learn fun facts and complete the puzzles on this education family trail.

Burnby Hall

A series of children’s trail sheets for Burnby Hall and gardens to be used across different seasons throughout the year. Each trail has activities and educational facts relating to the season.

Pembroke Castle

Family museum trail sheet for Pembroke Castle, highlighting the main features of this medieval castle. The hand-illustrated characters introduce educational facts as you explore the grounds and discover The Great Map, the largest map of Wales in the world!

National Museum of Wales

Bespoke museum trail sheets for the National Museum Wales. Each of the Children’s trail sheets were individually designed and illustrated for each of the six sites with dual language of English and Welsh.

Bradford Industrial Museum

Children’s activity trail for Bradford Industrial Museum. The trail is led by a character who guides children around the exhibits and shares fun facts about this historic site and it’s significance to Bradford and the surrounding area.

Discover Bucks

Children’s guidebook for Discover Bucks Museum. This museum guide includes an illustrated character who guides young visitors around the museum, packed with facts to engage children with the displays in the museum.

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Children’s guidebook for Clifton Suspension Bridge. Discover the story of Brunel, the engineering giant and how the Clifton Suspension Bridge is an important part of Bristols history.