Museum development Yorkshire events calendar

SWFed Conference 2018 ‘Confronting the Challenges: Visits & Collections’

All of us working in the Museums and Heritage Sector face daily challenges in appealing to a wide range of people: “How do we reach that elusive audience? What do we choose to let go from our amazing but overflowing collections? How can we be more creative in engaging existing visitors?” The 2018 […]

4 July 2018 · University of Exeter

University of York: Representing popular street parade in the museum Symposium

This two-day symposium will explore historical and contemporary popular street parade including the kazoo ‘jazz’ marching bands of the coalfields areas; the entertaining troupes and carnival display morris troupes of the North West of England; brass bands and majorettes, town carnival and British Caribbean carnival; and the ‘queens of industry’ interwar phenomenon in the North of England. […]

10 July 2018 · King's Manor, York

York Consortium for Conservation and Craftsmanship Seminar

The York Consortium for Conservation and Craftsmanship are hosting a series of evening lectures on Conservation in collaboration with the National Railway Museum. The next of these railway themed events will be held on the 19th July from 6pm – 8pm in the Station Hall of the National Railway Museum. This a rare opportunity to […]

19 July 2018 · National Railway Museum, York

South Yorkshire Museums Forum

South Yorkshire Museums Forum – Focus on Health and Wellbeing Thursday 19th July 2018 10.15 – 15.00 The forum will be an ideal networking event for those working in museums in the region. The focus of this event will be Health and Wellbeing. We will be discussing the different ways we can promote and foster […]

19 July 2018 · Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery