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Survey Results – Programming for Non-School and Home Educated Children

The results of a previously circulated survey looking at programming for non-school & Home Educated children are now live. This is part of a wider project around provision for children not at school funded by Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice grant. Find the results here

30 April 2024

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Annual Heritage Volunteering Conference – Workshop Hosts Needed

The Heritage Volunteering Group are looking for workshop hosts for their annual conference, #HeritageVolunteering24, taking place on the Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 November. They are looking for passionate speakers to lead engaging workshops that explore the role volunteering can play in transforming organisations, lives and communities. For more information, or to apply to be […]

25 April 2024

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Chief executive to leave Scarborough Museums and Galleries

The chief executive of Scarborough Museums and Galleries (SMG), Andrew Clay, is leaving to take up a new role. Andrew has been appointed as general manager of SEA LIFE Scarborough, and takes up his new position at the North Bay attraction on Monday 29 April. Trustees at SMG will be seeking a new incumbent for […]

22 April 2024

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IAASF Conference 2024

This year’s theme will discuss Developing Resilience for the Protection of Cultural Venues at Redworth Hall Hotel, County Durham on the 16th and 17th of October 2024. We welcome speakers and delegates from around the world, with the Middle East, Europe, New Zealand and Canada being on the list last year. We currently have an early bird offer Our […]

8 April 2024

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Get Your House In Order – Collections Documentation Programme

Do you know what you have, where it is and who owns it? Can you afford not to know this? Our ‘Getting Your House in Order’ programme focuses on the planning and work required for museums to get their collections documentation in order.  You can book now for our first 3 sessions, an Introduction to […]

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MEND funding success for North Museums

A total of 11 museums in the North region have been successful in receiving funding totalling over £8.5 million from the latest round of Arts Council England’s Museum Estate and Development Fund. Topping list is the Discovery Museum in Newcastle, which has received just over £3m for repair and refurbishment works. The fourth round of Mend […]

3 April 2024

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Wellbeing created by local heritage may be worth billions per year

Research from Historic England says the wellbeing created by day-to-day encounters with local heritage is worth £29 billion annually nationwide, according to a new Historic England report. The findings reveal a statistically significant, positive relationship between the density of local heritage assets and self-reported life satisfaction, after adjusting for various socio-economic, neighbourhood and regional effects. […]

25 March 2024

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