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Collections Care and Management Programme 2023
This series of workshops, developed collaboratively by MDY, MDNW and MDNE, have been designed to support you and other staff in your museum to achieve, maintain and improve Collections Care and Management practices and to meet Museum Accreditation requirements detailed in Section 2 of the ACE managed Museum Accreditation Standard. The programme will begin with […]
Collection Care Part 1 & 2
Part of the Collections Care and Management Programme 2023. Part 1: This session will cover: an introduction to the museum environment; pest monitoring and control measures; a practical housekeeping session working on a variety of objects provided. Schedule: The Museum Environment; Light, Humidity, Temperature, Pollution, Mould and Pests Identification Prevention Monitoring and control; Condition Assessments, […]
Labelling and Marking
Part of the Collections Care and Management Programme 2023. This session will give an overview of Spectrum 5.0 primary procedure of labelling and marking; a chance to review your own procedures; along with a practical session of labelling and marking objects. Schedule: Labelling and marking- the theory and overview Basic techniques, materials and assembling a […]
Opportunity to reduce costs: Online briefing for museums on the Energy Relief Scheme FRIDAY 7 JULY 3-4pm
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) will be holding an online session to demonstrate how libraries, archive services and museums should apply for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries (ETII) element of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBDS). Hosted by Chris Mulvee, DESNZ Friday 7 July, 3-4pm. DESNZ Teach in for […]
In Your Customers Shoes: Northern Museums Visitor Experience Consortium 2023
Museums across the North of England are invited to take part in an exciting programme this summer. ‘In Your Customers Shoes’ aims to put those who daily come face-to-face with visitors in the shoes of those visiting. What does it involve? Each participating museum agrees to send its staff or volunteers to three other museum […]
Screen Tourism – York and North Yorkshire Free Toolkit
There has never been a better time to capitalise on screen tourism. North Yorkshire is an attractive proposition for film and TV locations as evidenced by the success of the ‘Yorkshire Vet’ and ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ TV series on Channel 5 TV. These programmes create demand for the destination and there is an […]
MDY CPD Bursary 2023-24
THE CPD BURSARY HAS BEEN FULLY ALLOCATED. ANY NEW APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED. We are pleased to announce the launch of our CPD Bursary 2023-24, with support from Art Fund. This year’s scheme has a larger funding pot and extended remit. Please read the Guidance Notes for full details and before making […]
Closing soon – AMA Conference 2023
MDY is funding a bursary place at this year’s Arts Marketing Association Conference in Leeds. Audiences at the Heart 13-14 July, Leeds Please apply now! Deadline: Friday 19th May. Scroll down the page to find the MDY Bursary. AMA Conference 2023: Bursaries – Arts Marketing Association (a-m-a.co.uk) Applications are open to […]
A Successful South Yorkshire Museum Forum!
It was a pleasure to catch up with our colleagues at the South Yorkshire Museum Forum this week – what a great turn out! The forum was hosted by Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham, and provided a fitting backdrop for the event. A nicely packed agenda of informative and inspiring speakers sparked plenty of curiosity and […]
Museum Accreditation Workshops 2023/24
Museum Development North West: Museum Development Yorkshire: Museum Development North East. Museum Development is hosting Accreditation refresher workshops for museums in the North of England. These interactive online workshops are open to all museums across the regions. They will be hosted by Accreditation Advisers, Emma Chaplin, Kelly Chapman and Heather Lomas. Each refresher session […]