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Join Dawn Stoker, Preventive Conservation Officer for North East Museums, to take a look at the hazards you may find in your museum collection. Dawn will highlight some of the main hazards that we work with, from across science and engineering collections, through to natural sciences, with some discussion about how we can best manage […]
This session will offer a basic overview of the Spectrum Inventory procedure. It will cover: How the procedure relates to Accreditation and policy. The procedure’s definition and scope, explaining key concepts and terms. The Spectrum minimum requirements, with brief examples of how to meet them. Where to find the Spectrum suggested procedure and briefly how […]
In response to current Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in areas of England, Arts Council has developed a readiness checklist to support museums in planning and preparing for this change. This online session (via Zoom) will discuss LGR, its challenges and opportunities, introduce museums to the readiness checklist and provide opportunity for questions and sharing from […]
Leeds Museums & Galleries is delivering Reimagining Railways: Interpreting the Locomotive Collection, an NLHF-funded project to redisplay and reinterpret the historic Locomotive and Railway Gallery at Leeds Industrial Museum. The project will reopen the space after over a decade of closure, presenting Leeds’s nationally Designated Industrial History collection through inclusive, co-curated interpretation. They are looking […]
University of Salford is seeking a programme director for Re-centre, the new Creative people and Places programme, funded by Arts Council England as the first phase of a wider 10-year vision for community-led cultural change across the city. The strategic, creative and hands-on leadership role requiring someone who can build trusted relationships, develop partnerships and […]
Leeds Museums & Galleries is delivering Reimagining Railways: Interpreting the Locomotive Collection, an NLHF-funded project to redisplay and reinterpret the historic Locomotive and Railway Gallery at Leeds Industrial Museum. The project will conserve and redisplay a group of large industrial objects—including key examples from our Designated locomotive and machine tool collection, representing over 180 years […]