Book Events
Collections Audit
This online session delivered in partnership with the Collections Trust explores the Spectrum 5.1 Audit procedure – systematically checking the accuracy and completeness of the information you have about your collections. At the most basic level, the procedure confirms that your records match the physical reality: you have all the objects you should have, correctly numbered and located […]
ACE Review Briefing and Update
Join Laura Pye, Director of National Museums Liverpool and Advisory Panel member for the Arts Council England (ACE) Review to discuss all things Museums and ACE. The Review is an opportunity for a national conversation about the future of ACE and how creativity is nurtured and developed. The Review is seeking feedback from a wide […]
How to Measure Your Carbon Footprint, Online with Historic England
How to Measure Your Carbon Footprint has been designed to support organisations to identify their emissions and measure a simple carbon footprint. It is being offered as a pilot by Historic England only to museums in the North of England at this stage. This 2-hour online trainer led session covers the following: Identify your organisation’s […]
Elevenses, Tuesday 22 July, Museum Learning and AI
Join GEM, the Group for Education in Museums and Jonathan Munro, Digital Learning Officer, Leeds Museums and Galleries, to discuss the potential uses of AI in museum learning. Shannen Johnson, GEM’s Engagement Manager will provide an introduction to the growth of AI being used in museums. Jonathan will share some of what they’ve been developing […]
Elevenses, Tuesday 1 July, Interpreting North Lincolnshire’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
Join us for this Elevenses with Eveline van Breemen, Curator of Social History, and Jenny Kirton, Dynamic Collections Project Officer, who will discuss the recent intangible cultural heritage work they have been carrying out at North Lincolnshire Museum. They will share practical methods they have applied to interpreting intangible cultural heritage, with a focus on […]
A brief introduction to the Spectrum standard
This online session delivered by the Collections Trust will offer a basic introduction to the Spectrum collections management standard. It will cover: An explanation of the layout of a Spectrum procedure including definition, minimum requirements and suggested procedure. The relationship between the Spectrum standard and Accreditation. A brief overview of the nine primary procedure definitions. Signposting […]
A brief introduction to Cataloguing
This session will offer a basic overview of the Spectrum Cataloguing procedure. It will cover: How the procedure relates to Accreditation and policy. The procedure’s definition and scope, explaining key concepts and terms. The Spectrum minimum requirements, with brief examples of how to meet them. Where to find the Spectrum suggested procedure and briefly how […]
Elevenses, Friday 11 July, Museums Working in Prisons
An exploration of the practice and partnerships of museums working in the criminal justice sector: challenges, benefits and ways ahead for everyone involved. Join Sarah Levete of Oxford University Gardens Libraries and Museums and Tom Hughes of Dumfries Museum who will share ideas and tips of how to get started working with prisons. Insightful, interactive […]
Getting ready to make an Accreditation return, Online Zoom
This workshop is for museums who are preparing to submit an accreditation return. Priority on this workshop will be given to museums in the north of England who will be invited to submit a return between summer 2025 and March 2026, museums with provisional status and museums which are Working Towards Accreditation and looking to […]
Carbon Literacy Course
Part 1: Course materials distributed: on Tuesday 1 July Part 2: Tuesday 8 July: 10:00-12:30 Part 3: Wednesday 9 July: 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 […]