About us
The West Midlands Museum Development programme was established in April 2015 with funding from Arts Council England and is managed by Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.
West Midlands Museum Development delivers a range of activity to support Arts Council England’s 10 year ‘Let's Create’ strategy.
MDUK Volunteer Development Programme
This project aims to support participating museums to review their volunteering strategy and explore new ways to embed sustainable volunteer development practice tailored to individual organisational needs.
Events
Keep up to date with West Midlands Museum Development events and a variety of other events regionally and nationally
Supporting your development
02Dec, 2021
Accessible Interpretation and Exhibition Design
A short introductory workshop to support delegates to plan and deliver accessible and inclusive exhibitions, collections displays and interpretation. [...]
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03Dec, 2021
This online, interactive workshop from REG is spread over two sessions on Friday 26 November and Friday 3 December. [...]
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16Dec, 2021
Christmas Coffee and Chatter
Your networking opportunity Join the WMMD team at 10.30am for a festive half hour of Coffee and Chatter. It’s [...]
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The volunteers at Erasmus Darwin House have been presented with the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.
Latest news
Application for Heritage Compass Training Programme Close...
Heritage Compass is supporting the sector to develop essential skills in business planning, audience development, leadership and change management, [...]
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Supporting Decolonisation in Museum
The Museums Association’s (MA) new guidance, Supporting Decolonisation in Museums, aims to empower more people to take action and [...]
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Prepare for Digitisation
TownsWeb Archiving (TWA) has released the first of a two-part ebook Get Digitisation Ready. This first part talks you [...]
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