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Elevenses, Tuesday 17 December, BioBlitz Events – Making the Most of Your Green Spaces

Have you ever taken part in a ‘BioBlitz’?  ‘Bio’ means ‘life’ and ‘Blitz’ means ‘to do something quickly and intensively’. Together they make ‘BioBlitz’, a collaborative race against the clock to discover as many species of plants, animals and fungi as possible, within a set location, over a defined time period (usually 24 hours). Join our […]

17 December 2024

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Making the Most of the Open Grants Process

The next round of MD North Open Grants launches in January 2025. It’s a very competitive process and this session is designed to help you get the best out of your application. In this session we will take you through the application process, assessment criteria and how decisions are made. We will also explore how […]

13 January 2025

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Carbon Literacy Trainer Support Session

Summary: This free session is designed to support people who have already undertaken Carbon Literacy to roll out training in their museums. Who is the course aimed at? This course is for people who work in, with, or for museums in England who are interested in delivering Carbon Literacy training. We advise that, where possible, two people […]

14 January 2025

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Seeds for Action – Connect & Co-Work 15 January 2025

As part of Roots & Branches, the Seeds for Action programme aims to connect Carbon Literate Certified museum people, and the organisations they represent, across England to develop and build on their carbon reduction strategies and approaches to taking climate action. This online programme, using Museum Development programme funding from Arts Council England, is a […]

15 January 2025

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Elevenses, Monday 20 January – Introducing the updated guidance for Accreditation – what has changed?

In December Arts Council England (ACE) published updated guidance documents for meeting the Accreditation Standard. These have been reviewed and updated to better serve museums and galleries that wish to go through the Accreditation process – making the content easier to follow and more accessible. The Accreditation Standard and its requirements have not changed since the […]

20 January 2025

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Getting ready to make an Accreditation return

Priority on this workshop will be given to museums in the north of England who have been invited to submit a return in 2025, museums with provisional status, museums which last submitted a return in 2016 and have not yet received an invitation letter, and museums which are Working Towards Accreditation and looking to submit […]

21 January 2025

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Elevenses, Wednesday 22 January, The Museum Data Service

Museum Data Manager Arran Rees will tell us more about the Museum Data Service.  This is a new free service that aims to connect and share all the object records across all UK museums, large and small.  Arran will also talk you through the process of joining the Museum Data Service. The Museum Data Service […]

22 January 2025

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Transforming Collections: Re-thinking Cataloguing, Online

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 […]

23 January 2025

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Emergency Planning Course: Online

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, […]

4 February 2025

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Transforming Collections: Collections Review, Online

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 […]

5 February 2025

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