Book Events
Getting Your House In Order – Loans In & Out
This session will explore the Spectrum 5.1 procedures for borrowing and lending objects: Loans in and Loans out. We will review the policy considerations, requirements and guidance for both procedures, discussing how this is approached by attendees. Loans in – managing objects you borrow for a fixed period of time and for a specific purpose. Loans out – assessing requests […]
Elevenses, Wednesday 16 October, Making the Most of an Organisational Health Check
The Museums’ Organisational Health Check (OHC) is a tool for museums that is used across all the English Regions by Museum Development England. It is designed as an indicator to help you highlight your museum’s strengths, understand where your museum has areas of development and feed into your forward planning. This will enable you to prioritise and […]
MD North Forum: Danum Library, Gallery and Museum, Doncaster, Thursday 17 October 2024
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 […]
MD North Forum: Beningbrough Hall, York, Tuesday 22 October 2024
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 […]
Elevenses, Wednesday 23 October, Bloomberg Connects
Bloomberg Connects is a free, user-friendly digital tool designed by Bloomberg Philanthropies specifically for cultural institutions to enhance visitor engagement and support audience development goals. With 3.5 million users worldwide and over 550 organizations sharing their exhibitions, collections, and experiences, Bloomberg Connects enables museums, galleries, botanical gardens, historic sites, and performing arts organisations to explore […]
Accreditation Mentor Forum
This session is our annual catch up and networking event for Museum Accreditation Mentors. It’s an opportunity to discuss current developments and updates to the Accreditation Scheme, focus on specific mentor issues and feel supported by the region wide network of Accreditation Mentors. If you are a new or potential Accreditation Mentor, please come along […]
Elevenses, Monday 4 November, Arts Council England Designation Scheme
The Designation Scheme recognises and celebrates collections of national and international importance based on their quality and significance. Aysha Afridi (Senior Manager, Museums and Cultural Property) will be sharing more information on the recently re-opened Scheme and what it can mean for your collections. The team at the Bronte Museum in Haworth will also give […]
Elevenses, Monday 11 November, Apprenticeship Guidance for Museums
Sue Hughes will talk you through the new guidance MD North has produced about recruiting apprentices; including details of the process, the funding and the training requirements. She will be joined by Rachel Teate, from the School of Arts and Creative Industries Professional Apprenticeship’s Team at Teesside University who will tell you all about the […]
Carbon Literacy Course
Part 1: Course materials distributed: on Tuesday 5 November Part 2: Tuesday 12 November: 10:00-12:30 Part 3: Thursday 14 November: 10:00-11:45 and 13:00-14:45 Background Information Museum Development England, in partnership with Manchester Museum and The Carbon Literacy Project, has developed an online Museums’ Carbon Literacy Toolkit that will be free to access by all museums […]
Food For Thought: Catering in Museums
There are many different ways that museums can provide a catering offer for visitors, but how we make them accessible, sustainable, financially viable and ultimately successful is a big question. In this session Paul Smith of Montfort Catering Consultants will introduce the different management model options and we will hear a range of case studies […]