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Museums + Heritage Awards 2019 open for entry!
Something for everyone! There are 14 different categories to choose from, including the NEW category Partnership of the Year supported by Arts Council England, offering an opportunity for everyone, regardless of the scale or size of project and budget. ...
Invitation to Enter the 2019 Derbyshire Heritage Awards
The Derbyshire Museums & Heritage Forum invites your museum or heritage organisation to enter one or more categories of the 11th Derbyshire Heritage Awards in 2019. The awards will, once again, celebrate the wonderful work taking place in museums and heritage...
The Sandford Award for Heritage Education
Does your museum or heritage site offer an education programme that you are proud of? If so we hope you'll enter the 2019Â Sandford Awards which acknowledge and celebrate museums, galleries and historic sites that provide high quality heritage learning. Now in its 40th...
Sandford Cascade Training Workshops 2019
We are pleased to offer our 2019 workshops organised in partnership with the Sandford Cascade Project. The workshops will be led by experts in the delivery of learning in museums and art historic sites. Approaching Schools and Making Links When: 11 March,...
New Art Exchange Looking for Trustees
The Board is looking for new members who can give the equivalent of half a day per month contributing towards helping the organisation to develop appropriate strategies and governance. You will provide support to the Executive Management Team (EMT) raising the...
Museums Association Conference 2018 – A Roundup
Belfast Waterfront Centre - 8th-10th November by Simon Brown, Curator at Newstead Abbey and Project Curator at the National Justice Museum. MDEM helped to fund Simon's place at the conference and below are a round up of his thoughts from the three days. One of the...
21st Century Visitor Attraction – Programme Open for Applications
21st Century Visitor Attraction is an intensive 4-month programme for museums designed to help your organisation become more audience-focused, resilient and successful. Working with experienced trainers each museum will take a whole-organisation approach to...
Museum Accreditation – New Returns Schedule
Arts Council England (ACE) has now published the revised returns timetables following the Accreditation Review, completed in autumn 2018. Acting on feedback from the review the returns schedule has increased from three to five years so all museums will have a new...
Depicting Derbyshire – We need your art!
Do you have any eighteenth-century depictions of Derbyshire in your collection? If so, then Buxton Museum and Art Galley wants to hear from you. We have just launched a new website (www.depictingderbyshire.uk) which has been funded by a grant from the Paul Mellon...
Museum Development Network: Evaluation Tender – Deadline Extended
MDN Museums’ Self-assessment Methodology: Formative Evaluation Brief 2018-19 Background The Museum Development Network (MDN) was set up to support collaborative working across museum development providers in the UK. MDN is directed by the Museum Development Committee...
Sharpe’s Pottery – Consultant Tender
SHARPES POTTERY HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUSTÂ Â - CONSULTANTS BRIEFING FOR SECURING THE FUTURE PROJECT The Sharpes Pottery Heritage and Arts Trust (SPHAT), based in Swadlincote, Derbyshire wishes to commission consultants to provide a range of professional services to...
East Midlands 4th Annual Data Survey is Open!
Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who filled out the survey last year. We know it takes time during the busy period over the summer holidays, so we really want to express how much we appreciate everyone who has engaged over the last 3 years. We had an incredible...
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