Training and events

East Riding and Northern Lincolnshire Museum Forum

Welcoming (Back) Visitors

MDY Museum Forums are a chance to connect with colleagues from your region, share your experiences and and discuss the issues that are important to you. 

28 June 2021 · Normanby Hall

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North Yorkshire Museum Forum

Looking Locally – Audiences and Marketing

MDY Museum Forums are a chance to connect with colleagues from your region, share your experiences and and discuss the issues that are important to you.

9 June 2021

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West Yorkshire Museum Forum

Consulting Audiences to Develop your Museum

MDY Museum Forums are a chance to connect with colleagues from your region, share your experiences and and discuss the issues that are important to you.

24 June 2021 · Skipton Town Hall

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Museums, Communities and Programming in the Earth Crisis

This session, led by Bridget McKenzie and Victoria Burns from Climate Museum UK, will explore how museums can respond as museums to the climate and ecological crisis – using collections, programming, and work with audiences, to enable people to gain awareness, reflect and take action.

We will explore how the social role of museums can support people and communities as they grapple with this global threat.

10 June 2021

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Delivering Schools Learning Online

The potential for museums to deliver elements of their programme online has become clear as a result of the pandemic. This will be a very practical session to support you if you are thinking about incorporating online schools learning into your programme.

25 June 2021

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Elevenses – 8 June

Capital Development

Are you thinking of improving your museum? Fixing the roof? Building an extension? Moving to a new site? Developing a new gallery or a whole new museum or store? Now or in 5 years’ time. We have a fantastic array of guests – Heather Lane from Museum of North Craven Life who have spent lockdown on important infrastructure repairs, Danielle Daglan from Craven Museum and Skipton Town Hall which has had a major restoration project creating a cultural hub for the Craven district, and Nat Edwards from the Thackray Museum of Medicine which has just reopened following a major redevelopment of the museum. 

8 June 2021

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Elevenses – 14th June

MEND Funding

Are you thinking of applying to Arts Council England MEND fund? Join us for an informal chat with guest Katharine Boardman, Arts Council England’s Relationship Manager – Museums, to find out about this urgent opportunity and what an application might involve.

The turnaround time is short – Expressions of Interest must be submitted by Mon 5 July – but if you have capital works ready and waiting for funding, this might be the opportunity for you! Join us, to help decide if you should take this further.

14 June 2021

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Elevenses – 23rd June

Inclusive Recruitment and CPD

We’ll be exploring strategies and approaches to inclusive recruitment with guest Tamsin Russell, Workforce Development Officer at the Museums Association. Understand the opportunities and drivers for action, and gain practical advice for more inclusive recruitment practices. Tamsin will also be happy to chat about your Continuing Professional Development opportunities via the MA.

23 June 2021

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Elevenses – Tuesday 29th June

Collections Documentation Priorities

What collections documentation priorities are emerging for you and others after over a year of restricted site access? Join us with guest, Sarah Brown from Collections Trust, to explore trends and potential needs for collections documentation which have arisen since the start of the pandemic, and to think about how Spectrum 5.0 or opportunities with Collections Trust might support your museum’s needs.

29 June 2021

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Arts Council England Museum Estate & Development Fund (MEND) – MD North

Webinar for applicants planning an Expression of Interest to the Arts Council England MEND Fund

This webinar is aimed at all potential applicants to the MEND fund, based in the North of England. People from museums in Yorkshire and the Humber should book a place at the webinar via the link on this page.

21 June 2021

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