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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Elevenses, Tuesday 2 December 2025, Making the most of your museum’s outside space
In late 2024 the Association of Independent Museums, National Museum Directors’ Council and Welsh Government commissioned MEL Research to carry out an exciting new research project looking at how museums and heritage organisations think about and utilise the land and other outdoor space they own and manage – from gardens and terraces to lakes and […]
Seeds for Action – Connect & Co-Work 20 January 2026
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 […]
Transforming Collections Programme: Contemporary Collecting, 21 January 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 approach ethical contemporary collecting to build more inclusive and representative collections. Agenda 10.00: Welcome […]
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 […]
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 […]