Book Events
Transforming Collections Programme: Restitution and Repatriation, 25 February 2026, 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 restitution and repatriation in museums including terminology, ethical considerations, sector guidance and practical examples. Agenda 10.00: Welcome […]
Brew Up! Industrial and Social History Collections Network
The theme for this online session of Brew Up! is ‘Collections Disposal’ and will focus on collections disposal within the existing landscape of industrial and social heritage-linked organisations, how we can best talk to each other across the North, and how to share experience and collaborate effectively in the current museum environment. It is open to anyone in […]
MDN Forum: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, Working with Others, 26 February 2026
Our museum forums offer you “a professional day out” – a chance to catch up with your museum colleagues, have a tour of a great venue, hear some interesting case studies – and enjoy being out in a different museum with different colleagues! Forums usually start with tea and coffee from 10am and introductions from […]
A brief introduction to location audits
This session will focus on how to undertake an audit of your object locations. We will look at the Audit and Location and movement control procedure as well as practical tips for conducting and documenting a location audit. The session will cover: The definition and scope of both procedures. How the procedures relates to Accreditation […]
Data Collection for Audience Research, Online
Audience research is a vital activity to inform a museum’s strategy, audience development, and marketing. Ideally, you’d have visitor surveys, research and data that will give you useful insights, particular to your organisation and its audience. But it’s a long-term process, and it can be challenging to get it right. The session is designed to […]
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 […]
A brief introduction to object entry
This session will offer a basic introduction to the Spectrum Object entry procedure. It will cover: How the procedure relates to Accreditation and policy. The procedure’s definition and scope, including key concepts and terms. The minimum requirements, with examples of how to meet them. Where to find the suggested procedure and briefly what it can […]
Capital Development Network, Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington, 16 March 2026
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 […]
Transforming Collections Programme: Commissioning New Work for Collections, 18 March 2026, 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 work with artists and communities to commission and co-commission new work. Agenda 10.00: Welcome […]
Carbon Literacy Course
About this event: 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 and rolled out by Museum Development teams across England, with the support of the Museum Carbon Literacy Officer. The Toolkit […]