Funded by Arts Council England, Museum Development North enables strong, agile museums to contribute to the distinctive life, culture and identity of the North of England. Museum Development North is a partnership between York Museums Trust, the Manchester Museums Partnership, Cumbria Museum Consortium and North East Museums (formerly Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums) and builds on strong foundations of delivering regional museum development since 2012. Our team of experts provide advice, give support and create opportunities for museums to connect, collaborate and grow.
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The Emergency Planning Online Course, delivered by Harwell Document Restoration Services over two half-day sessions, is designed to support your museum to develop an effective emergency plan. Session 1: Tuesday 4 February, 10am-12.30pm The first session will focus on: Effective incident response for water damage incidents, including risk assessment and containment Dealing with fire situations, […]
Are you looking to develop the collections at your museum to ensure they are relevant for today and in the future? The Transforming Collections programme is a series of sessions designed to help us to think about how we can explore, question, and review collections and collections information collaboratively to build more inclusive collections development […]
Come along to meet colleagues across the region and hear about A Stitch in Time: The Story of Burton’s Factory. The exhibition is entirely based on memories, photographs, film and objects donated by former Burton’s workers. Materials were gathered over 10 months mainly through oral history interviews, memory cafes and engagement via social media. The […]
Hartlepool Borough Council seeks an experienced and qualified Evaluation Consultant to assess and measure the impact of the Tides of Change: Revitalising the Museum of Hartlepool and PS Wingfield Castle project. Closing date – 17 February Find all information here
Hartlepool Borough Council seeks an experienced Activity Planner to develop, pilot and revise their activity plan as part of the Tides of Change Project through Development and Delivery phases of their National Heritage Lottery Funded project. The Activity Planner will test, revise and shape an update Activity Plan for the Delivery Phase application to the […]
Sheffield Museums are seeking an enthusiastic person with an engineering or joinery skills background and an interest in conserving Sheffield’s industrial heritage. This is a practical hands-on technical post created to ensure that Sheffield Museums’ working exhibits are conserved and maintained, as well as helping to preserve the essential millwrighting skills needed to run this […]