Celebrating Museums 2025

A celebration of northern museums and their communities

We held our annual conference on 13 March 2025 at the Guildhall, York and throughout the day heard a range of lightning talks from colleagues from across the north of England. You can see many of the presentations now!

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Working with Museums in the North 

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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Upcoming events

Carbon Literacy Course

Part 1: Course materials distributed: on Tuesday 6 May Part 2: Tuesday 13 May: 10:00-12:30 Part 3: Thursday 15 May: 10:00-11:45 and 13:00-14:45 Summary: Carbon Literacy Course for people that work and volunteer in museums Who is the course aimed at? This course is for volunteers and paid staff who work across all service areas from Accredited Museums or […]

13 May 2025

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Elevenses, Wednesday 14 May, Cyber & Data Risks: Safeguarding Your Museum

Ludo Compton, Arts and Heritage Insurance Broker and Elena Carofyllakis, Business Development Manager from Hallett Independent will explore how to better understand cyber and data risks, how you could be effected, and what can be done to prevent and mitigate damage. Insightful, interactive and informal, come along to gain new insights from our guests, meet […]

14 May 2025

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MD North Forum: The Story, Durham, Tuesday 20 May

Our museum forums offer you “a professional day out” – a chance to catch up with your museum colleagues in the region, visit an interesting venue, get the most out of being at a site, hear some interesting case studies – and enjoy being out in a different museum with different colleagues! Forums usually start […]

20 May 2025 · The Story

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Mercer Art Gallery – Work Experience for Year 12 Students

Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate is running work experience for Year 12 students in July. See the details below: This work experience week will provide the opportunity for a small group of students to spend time with our Museum and Galleries Team, learning about their work across The Mercer Art Gallery and North Yorkshire Council […]

13 May 2025

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English Heritage – Collections Conservation Assistant

English Heritage is seeking a Collections Conservation Assistant in Doncaster, South Yorkshire As Collections Conservation Assistant, you will assist with delivering the care and conservation of their historic collections in the North region, ranging from archaeology to decorative arts and social history, so they can continue to play a key role in bringing history to […]

13 May 2025

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North Lincolnshire Council – Senior Curator

North Lincolnshire Council is recruiting a Senior Curator to join their Museums team to drive forward their ambitions to make North Lincolnshire a leading area for arts and culture. This post is responsible for the operational management and development of the North Lincolnshire Museums collections, including the interpretation programmes at North Lincolnshire Museum and Normanby […]

7 May 2025

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