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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This session is for you if you are interested in: – creating a plan to reduce your organisation’s carbon footprint, – finding ways to prioritise and embed this work across your museum. There will be a lightening talk from Md Fahim Azraf Khan, Environmental Manager at London Transport Museum. Fahim will share how Carbon Literacy […]
The Emergency Salvage Workshop, a half-day session delivered by Harwell Document Restoration Services, will support museum staff and volunteers to develop skills in emergency response including: Incident containment and methods to deal with leaks Risk assessment, salvage set-up and triage Handling and triage decision making by object type Using disaster kits Practical exercises with mock […]
The Emergency Salvage Workshop, a half-day session delivered by Harwell Document Restoration Services, will support museum staff and volunteers to develop skills in emergency response including: Incident containment and methods to deal with leaks Risk assessment, salvage set-up and triage Handling and triage decision making by object type Using disaster kits Practical exercises with mock […]
Wigan Museum is inviting tenders for a freelance Project Manager for the period May 2025 – October 2025. The role will be responsible for managing the development of a £250,000 funding application, working alongside the museum team to reimagine the public offer at Wigan Museum to be delivered in 2026 – 2027. The Museum is […]
MD North, on behalf of MD England are looking to appoint a programme evaluator to conduct research and evaluation on the impacts and reach of the programme for 2024-26, reflecting and building on the evaluation from 2021 to March 2024. Find all information here Closing date – 20 May
Congleton Museum is seeking an administrator to support its board of trustees in the day to day running of the museum, working 18 hours a week over 3 days. Your duties will include recruitment, training and rostering of volunteers, looking after the website and social media, and dealing with visitors’ queries. Closing date – 12 […]