Celebrating Museums 2026, Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, 12 March 2026
We invite people working and volunteering in museums across the North to join us for Celebrating Museums 2026 on Thursday 12 March at Cloth Hall Court, Leeds. We will hear museums’ stories of challenge, progress and achievement, and reflect on ways that we are moving forwards together across the North.
The event will be popular and there will be a limit of 2 places per organisation, so if possible, please discuss with your team who is the most appropriate person to attend. If more than 2 places are booked for an organisation, then we will be in touch to negotiate which to cancel. Many of the presentations will be available to view online after the event.
Celebrating Museums 2026 will be jointly hosted by Museum Development North and Arts Council England.
The day will feature:
- A programme of short presentations from a range of museums, with opportunities for networking
- Speakers from Arts Council England and Museum Development North
Presentations are on a range of topics:
- Wakefield Museums and Castles, A World of Good
- Heritage Doncaster, Time Odyssey Partnership; a new way of engaging KS2 pupils
- Ordsall Hall, Sleeping Well at Ordsall Hall: Using Creative Health to Explore Historical Sleep
- Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life, Just Keep Trying or how to get funding to undertake a Collections Project
- Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery, Museum on the Move
- Culture Warrington, A Greener Way of doing things
- Tees Valley Museums Group, Museums Inside
- Armitt Museum, Thinking INSIDE the box: Diversifying experiences and income through escape boxes
- National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool, The Changing Tide, an Inspiring Journey with Hartlepool’s South Asian Community
- West Cheshire Museums, Carbon Literacy as a Local Authority Museum
- Keswick Museum, Connecting past and present multi-sensory exhibitions at Keswick
- Hopetown Darlington, A Year of The Space – A Year of Community
- Kiplin Hall and Gardens, Museum Store Move
- Epworth Old Rectory, Out of the Box – Improving our inclusivity & relevance
- Rotherham Museums, SELF: There’s More To Me Than What You See
Please join us for a day that will be informative, inspirational and reflective.
This event is free of charge and includes refreshments and lunch for all attendees.
More information about the venue can be found here.
Location
Cloth Hall Court
Quebec St, Leeds LS1 2HA