Category: Museum Development North
MD North – Future Preparedness Evaluation Freelance Contract
The Future Preparedness programme is for museums in the north of England to help them to respond to and prepare for current and future climate disruptions through training, events, advice, peer support and grants. We are looking for Freelance Evaluator/s with: Knowledge of accessible, creative and adaptable evaluation methods which can be used to gather […]
MD North – Future Preparedness Support Freelance Contract
MD North is seeking external freelancer/s to provide bespoke guidance and support to individual Accredited Museum organisations and those working towards Accreditation in the north of England as part of the Future Preparedness Programme. Support requests will be triaged by MD North before they are passed onto the contractor. We envisage the level of support […]
Arts Council England updates Accreditation guidance
Arts Council England (ACE) has 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 2018 version – […]
Challenges to Museums of Digital Preservation
Archives Consultant Simon Wilson undertook some work to support colleagues at the City of Doncaster Archives – the work was funded through The National Archives Resilience Grants programme. A key component of which was to engage with museum colleagues about the challenges of digital preservation. What is Digital Preservation? Digital Preservation is a series of […]
National Lottery Heritage Fund Case Study – Roots & Branches
National Lottery Heritage Fund have produced a case study for the award winning Roots & Branches environmental sustainability project led by Museum Development England, Manchester Museum and the Carbon Literacy Project. Read the case study here
Success for Northern Museums at the Museums + Heritage Awards 2024
We are very pleased to announce that the Roots and Branches programme has been awarded Sustainable Project of the Year at the Museums + Heritage Awards 2024. It won the award jointly with The Scottish Crannog Centre for their 1000 Fingerprints 1000 Voices project. Roots and Branches is a collaboration between The Carbon Literacy Project, Museum Development England, and Manchester Museum. It is […]
GEM – Case Studies
GEM has shared their spring Case Studies, the theme of which is ‘Reimaging Engagement’. A number of northern museums have been included in the case studies selected; The Judges Lodgings, National Museums Liverpool, The Auckland Project and Vindolanda. Read the case studies on the GEM website