Resources
How To…build, extend and develop supporter engagement
This paper looks at different types of supporters and gives a guide as to how to develop a supporter network through building, extending, and developing engagement.
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- 26 February 2024 at 9:41
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Feasibility Study into Collaborative Purchasing of Goods and Services by Museums
York Museums Trust commissioned this report to provide indicative information on current and emerging schemes offered across all sectors, whether national or regional. It also wanted to highlight whether this was widespread not only within the generic third sector, but also within the cultural sector. Once collated, this data will then provide the Trust with the information required to make a decision about the potential development of a bulk purchasing scheme within the Museums Sector in our region.
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- 15 August 2018 at 10:31
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How To…develop a legacy giving programme
A guide to developing a legacy giving programme that will equip organisations to actively encourage supporters to remember the organisation in their will.
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- 19 February 2024 at 13:33
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Cultural Prescription 16th November 2015
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- 19 December 2017 at 12:14
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Strategies for Sustainability Survey Report: Conservation and Collections Care in Yorkshire
Museum Development Yorkshire (MDY) and York Consortium for Conservation and Craftsmanship (YCCC) believe that they have a common interest in working towards a better understanding of collections requirements for a sustainable future, and of the respective roles of curator and conservator. The two bodies have therefore joined forces for the first time to sponsor a survey of the present state of affairs, with the object of gaining a fact based understanding of the situation in the area’s museums and galleries, and in the cohort of conservators working in the region.
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- 19 December 2017 at 11:59
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Archaeological Archive Deposition Policy for Museums in Yorkshire and the Humber
This policy is designed to create a uniform region wide approach to the preparation and deposition of archaeological archives. The document has been developed in partnership with museums throughout the Yorkshire and Humber region, local government archaeological officers, English Heritage, the University of York and a number of field archaeological units.
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- 19 December 2017 at 11:55
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10 Top Tips for Museum Interpretation 2011
A guide to museum interpretation for everyone working on displays, learning resources or other interpretive materials.
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- 19 February 2024 at 14:14
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Share Academy
Share Academy is a partnership project between University of the Arts London (UAL), University College London (UCL) and the London Museums Group that focuses on the collaboration between Higher Education and museums. This is a file of useful documents from this project.
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- 19 February 2024 at 14:31
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Yorkshire Sustainable Museums Project
Yorkshire Sustainable Museums Project
Case Study
29th March 2011
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- 13 December 2017 at 9:56
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Case Study – MA Conference 2015
A case study of MDY funding for museum professionals to attend the Museums Association Conference.
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- 29 November 2017 at 14:00
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