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Reboot & Recovery Grant Case Studies
“Thanks to Art Fund partnership funding, MDEM offered Reboot & Recovery Grants to help museums in the East Midlands re-build their offer to audiences and strengthen organisationally in response to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. Th”
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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Volunteer Management Training webinars
This Volunteer Management training is a national online Museum Development series of webinars, which will help to develop knowledge and skills in volunteer management, volunteer recruitment and volunteer strategy development. Please note: The training consists of 3...
Vacancy – Collections Management Assistant
Chesterfield Museum is housed in the Grade 2 listed Stephenson Memorial Hall in the town centre. Chesterfield Borough Council is working on a £15 million project to upgrade the building Reference: CBC212098 Salary details: £10,960.86 - £11,179.94 per year for hours...
Rural Voices – The Rural Museums Network Seminar Series
Rural Voices – The Rural Museums Network Seminar Series 8 October, 12 November, 10 December 2021 The Rural Museums Network is pleased to launch its new Seminar Series – tailoring contemporary thinking and practice to those who work with rural life collections,...
Volunteer Management Training webinars
This Volunteer Management training is a national online Museum Development series of webinars, which will help to develop knowledge and skills in volunteer management, volunteer recruitment and volunteer strategy development. Please note: The training consists of 3...
Vacancy – Collections Management Assistant
Chesterfield Museum is housed in the Grade 2 listed Stephenson Memorial Hall in the town centre. Chesterfield Borough Council is working on a £15 million project to upgrade the building Reference: CBC212098 Salary details: £10,960.86 - £11,179.94 per year for hours...
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Last chance to book your space for our working towards Accreditation session on Monday 18th focusing on organisational health: ... https://mdem.org.uk/mdem-support-for-museums-working-towards-museum-accreditation/
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Join our #VolunteerManagement series of national Museum Development webinars which will help develop knowledge & ... skills in volunteer #management, #recruitment & #strategydevelopment
The 3 sessions will be: 18 Nov, 13 Jan & 17 Feb
https://mdem.org.uk/volunteer-management-training-1-volunteer-recruitment/
@MusDevEM has published 3 Collection Basics Films to support museums across the UK. Watch them here https://mduk.org.uk/collections-basic-films/