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SHARE Museums East invites expressions of interest for a facilitator for a short project
SHARE Museums East invites expressions of interest for a facilitator for a short project on the theme of: Driven Museums: gathering, collecting and employing data across all areas of museums practice Background SHARE Museums East (SHARE) is the Museum Development Programme for the East of England. SHARE is hosted by Norfolk Museums Service and […]
Yorkshire Cricket Foundation – Heritage Advisory Group
The Yorkshire Cricket Foundation aims to use cricket to improve lives under the motto of ‘Communities Without Boundaries’ through our four themes of work: Education; Health and Wellbeing; Heritage; and Participation. The Heritage Department is primarily responsible for the care, management, development and promotion of Yorkshire Cricket’s rich history. Currently, the main activities are its […]
Family Friendly Cohort Case Studies
From July 2021 to March 2022, six Yorkshire museums worked to improve their family offer through the Family Friendly Cohort. The programme was funded and initiated by Museum Development Yorkshire and delivered by Kids in Museums. Find out more about what some of the museums have already achieved: Dales Countryside Museum Tolson Museum Fairfax House […]
New CPD Bursary – Apply to attend the MA Conference 2022
Do you know about our new CPD Bursary? MDY’s CPD Bursary can be used to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours of people employed by or volunteering in museums that reflect the needs of regional museums. Activities can include a range of learning from workshops through to study trips. Applications are welcomed for up to £1,000, […]
New Volunteer Development online sessions
NEW for September/October/November: Volunteer Development online sessions Volunteer development is one of our most requested training topics. If this is on your mind, please take the opportunity to join one, any, or all, of three FREE online webinars, which form the core of the Museum Development UK Volunteer Development Programme 2022. The sessions are most […]
Leading the Sector 2022 – digital leadership event programme
Join one of Culture24’s free in-person workshops delivered across the UK, aimed to inform senior leaders and boards in the heritage sector of what they need to know about digital maturity. This discursive session is tailored to the level of strategic understanding that board members, directors and senior leadership need, helping them to reflect […]
Art Fund & MDUK – Recovery and Reset Grants 2022
Through a continued partnership with Art Fund, Museum Development North West, Museum Development Yorkshire and Museum Development North East are pleased to launch Recovery and Reset Grants 2022, open to museums in the North of England. Through Museum Development UK’s continued partnership with Art Fund, Museum Development teams in the North of England have secured […]
Autumn Regional Museum Forums – Bookings Now Open!
Bookings are now open for our autumn season of Regional Museum Forums! This summer the MDY team have enjoyed seeing museum colleagues in person again – especially at our regional museum forum meetings, hosted at wonderful museums across the Yorkshire region! We would like to thank all of the museums that have hosted our forums, […]
Digital development opportunities with Culture 24
Digital development opportunities with Culture 24 Booking is now open for new dates these popular development sessions with Culture24. All courses are delivered online Zoom in 3 x 2hr sessions – one session per week for three weeks. There are 18 places on each course – 2 places for each of 9 museums. All sessions […]
