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21st Century Visitor Attractions
“The 21st Century Visitor Attraction programme was created in partnership with the Arts Marketing Association to help organisations become more audience-focused, resilient and successful. Working with experienced trainers, two cohort of m”
Market Town Museums Network
“In 2016, Leicestershire County Council (LCC), in partnership with Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM), successfully secured an Arts Council Resilience Fund grant of £87,300 to establish the Market Town Museums’ Network. Initially com”
Greener Museums
“Becoming a greener museum walks hand in hand with delivery of a museum’s core objectives and increasing resilience. The Greener Museum programme of support can help to accelerate achievement of goals such as enhancing visitor experience, ”
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Family Friendly Museum Programme Open to Applicants
Museums Development East Midlands and Kids in Museums are pleased to be launching their partnership support programme for museums in the region, focusing on creating a family friendly museums environment for participating organisations. This programme aims to: Support...
Family Friendly Museums Support for the East Midlands
MDEM are thrilled to be launching our partnership programme of support for East Midlands museums with Kids in Museums, to ensure a family friendly museum environment after reopening in 2021. This partnership will deliver two main strands of support, a reopening...
Routine Playground Inspection – One day course
Nottingham Castle would like to offer other organisations spaces on their upcoming RoSPA Playsafety training course. The training day will be covid safe and does not include lunch; tea/coffee will be provided. The event will be on the Wednesday 26th May 2021. We would...
Family Friendly Museum Programme Open to Applicants
Museums Development East Midlands and Kids in Museums are pleased to be launching their partnership support programme for museums in the region, focusing on creating a family friendly museums environment for participating organisations. This programme aims to: Support...
Family Friendly Museums Support for the East Midlands
MDEM are thrilled to be launching our partnership programme of support for East Midlands museums with Kids in Museums, to ensure a family friendly museum environment after reopening in 2021. This partnership will deliver two main strands of support, a reopening...
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We're thrilled to be launching our 'Family Friendly Museum' programme aimed at sites with no dedicated learning staff. It includes 10 months of ... support from the fantastic @kidsinmuseums deadline 4th June for applications https://mdem.org.uk/support-grants/family-friendly-museums/
Pleased to be facilitating the final meeting of @MusDevEM trustee succession planning group today. Great success for 6 museums embracing the challenge... and now welcoming new board members. Well done everyone. @OldHouseMuseum @Fox_BoilerHouse @wirks_heritage @Ashby_Museum
A new opportunity for a freelance consultancy at @EyamMuseum
We have #freelance consultancy opportunities! Would you like to help us take the next steps to develop our digital interpretation and retail offer? Deadline 16 May. Details here: http://bit.ly/3elUQM8 #MuseumFreelance #ArtsJobs