County museum and heritage forums
Derbyshire Museums and Heritage Forum
The Derbyshire Museums and Heritage Forum provides informal networking opportunities, support, information sharing and promotion for museums, historic houses and heritage sites, their staff and volunteers, in the county of Derbyshire.
The Forum meets quarterly and everyone is welcome to come along and represent their museum or heritage site.
Chair: Glynn Wilton
Email: glynnwilton@yahoo.com
Secretary: Kate Watts
Email: derbyshiremuseumsforum@gmail.com
Follow the Forum on Facebook
Website: www.dmhf.org
Leicestershire and Rutland Heritage Forum
Follow them on Twitter @LRHeritageForum or like them on Facebook.
Contact: Roger Bisgrove
Email: swanningtonresearch@gmail.com
Lincolnshire Heritage Forum
The Lincolnshire Heritage Forum aims to support, develop and promote museums and heritage within the county of Lincolnshire.
The Forum aims to encourage mutual cooperation between members, support from statutory authorities, public access to collections, improvements in the standards of collections care and to raise awareness of potential funding opportunities.
Follow them on Twitter @LincsMuseums or like them on Facebook
Chair: Julia Knight
Email: JKnight@sholland.gov.uk
Tel: 01775 764474
Northamptonshire Heritage Forum
Members include local authority and independent museums, historic houses and heritage sites.
Visit the Northamptonshire Heritage Forum website for details of open days, events and activities from Forum members. You can also like them on Facebook too!
Chair: Martin Lawrence
Email: martin.lawrence11@btinternet.com
Tel: 01604 847138
Secretary: Angela Scheidegger
Email: northamptonshireheritageforum@gmail.com
Nottinghamshire Heritage Forum
Nottinghamshire Heritage Forum aims to support, develop and promote museums and heritage collections throughout Nottinghamshire.
It acts as a shared voice for its members and seeks to work with other organisations involved in supporting the sector, representing members’ needs and promoting the opportunities they can provide.
Follow them on Twitter @NottsHF or like them on Facebook.
Chair: Julie Obermeyer
Email: info@nottsheritage.co.uk
Secretary: Naomi Garnett
Email: naomi.garnett@nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk
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Museums Collections-focused training sessions
Museum Development East Midlands is providing a number of online sessions with a focus on Collections for museums. These online sessions are open to all museums across the region, with priority given to accredited museums / those working towards accreditation. Click...