Book Events

Capital Development Network, Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, 17 November 2025

As part of MDN’s Future Preparedness programme, the Capital Development Network brings together museum people who are undertaking or planning capital development projects. These in-person events are an opportunity for the museum sector in the North of England to share learning, get peer support, and hear from a variety of speakers across a range of topics […]

17 November 2025 · Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum

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MD North Forum, Quilter’s Guild, York, 27 November 2025

Join us for our in-person museum forum meeting at the Quilter’s Guild in York. Our 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 […]

27 November 2025

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Transforming Collections Programme: Co-creating Collections, 20 November 2025, online via zoom

Transforming Collections is a series of online sessions designed to help museums to think about how they can explore, question, and review collections and collections information collaboratively to build more inclusive collections development practices. This session will explore how museums can employ ethical community-centred practice for collections development. Agenda 10.00: Welcome and Introductions 10.10: Stephen […]

20 November 2025

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Seeds for Action – Connect & Co-Work 26 November 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 […]

26 November 2025

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Carbon Literacy Course

Part 1: Course materials distributed: on Tuesday 4 November Part 2: Tuesday 11 November: 10:00-12:30 Part 3: Wednesday 12 November: 10:00-11:45 and 13:00-14:45 Summary: Carbon Literacy Course for people that work and volunteer in museums About this event: Background Information Museum Development England, in partnership with Manchester Museum and The Carbon Literacy Project, has developed an online Museums’ Carbon […]

11 November 2025

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MD North Forum, The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery, Rossendale, 6 November 2025

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 […]

6 November 2025 · The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery

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