Coffee and Chatter
Grab your morning cuppa, hear from WMMD team and our guest speaker Julie Brown.
Julie, Collections Curator will speak about The New Art Gallery Walsall’s Here&Queer project.
Here&Queer has been co-produced with members of the LGBTQ+ community. Community members have had the opportunity to take ownership of the Collections and the stories they tell, re-interpreting works from a queer perspective, and increasing the visibility of queer lives. The steering group explored both the Garman Ryan Collection permanent displays, and also delved into the Collections Store and found works they connected with in the Permanent Collection.
Here&Queer will be on display in The New Art Gallery Walsall until 28 May 2023.
Coffee and Chatter is also the perfect opportunity to share what’s happening at your museum, exchange ideas with colleagues across the region and hear about the latest sector guidance and news.
10.30am-11.30am
Zoom details:
https://zoom.us/j/99254865285?pwd=R2xiUlUzOFdWMGJFQXpyL0E4cHpNQT09
Meeting ID: 992 5486 5285
Password: 579046
Coffee and Chatter will be auto-captioned.
Coming up…
- Thursday 2 February – Art UK will join us to discuss copyright
- Thursday 16 March – Learn more about the Revealing Hidden Histories programme for 2023/24
Coffee and Chatter
Join the WMMD team for an end of year catch up.
Bring your favourite hot drink and maybe a mince pie, for a chance to network with colleagues in the sector.
Zoom details:
https://zoom.us/j/99254865285?pwd=R2xiUlUzOFdWMGJFQXpyL0E4cHpNQT09
Meeting ID: 992 5486 5285
Password: 579046
Coffee and Chatter will be auto-captioned.
Coming up…
In the New Year we will return to an hour of Coffee and Chatter, usually with a theme and a guest speaker.
It’s also the perfect opportunity to share what’s happening at your museum, exchange ideas with colleagues across the region and hear about the latest sector guidance and news.
- Thursday 26 January
- Thursday 2 February
Education Action Research
Cultural Enterprises Conference – day 2
Early bird booking is now open for the Cultural Enterprises Conference. The conference brings together learning and experience from all types of cultural venues across all areas of commercial activity.
Featuring an exciting seminar programme looking at all aspects of cultural income generation, plus a specially curated Trade Show, and Gala Dinner at the spectacular Royal Hall.
Find out more about the Cultural Enterprises Conference
Cultural Enterprises Conference
Thursday 9 March and Friday 10 March 2023
Harrogate Convention Centre
Cultural Enterprises Conference
Early bird booking is now open for the Cultural Enterprises Conference. The conference brings together learning and experience from all types of cultural venues across all areas of commercial activity.
Featuring an exciting seminar programme looking at all aspects of cultural income generation, plus a specially curated Trade Show, and Gala Dinner at the spectacular Royal Hall.
Find out more about the Cultural Enterprises Conference
Cultural Enterprises Conference
Thursday 9 March and Friday 10 March 2023
Harrogate Convention Centre
Religion in Museums: Where do I start?
Organised in partnership with the Social History Curators Group and Religion, Collections & Heritage Group, this seminar is for anyone who is:
- interested in working with religious groups in their communities – or already finds themselves doing so – and is unsure how to proceed,
- responsible for historical collections of any period and wishes to explore their explicit and often implicit religious meanings,
- interested in collecting contemporary religion, as part of a wider collecting initiative.
Religion is an important feature of multi-cultural societies, and a protected characteristic under the 2011 Equalities Act which museums have an obligation to address. No prior knowledge is required, and there will be plenty of time to ask questions during the sessions and at the Q&A.
What’s Eating Your Collections? Day 2
Do you know your furniture beetle from your biscuit beetle? Have you spotted some unusual holes in an object? Are you worried that something might be lurking in a dark corner of your collections store?
Join Jane Thompson-Webb, Conservation Team Leader at Birmingham Museum Trust, for a two day delve into the world of identifying and dealing with museum pests.
The Integrated Pest Management course is a hands-on training event. It is an opportunity to learn about the risks from insect pests and how to mitigate them. It is ideal for anyone working directly with collections, carrying out routine collections care or cleaning, or anyone in need of a refresher in this vital and fascinating area of collections management.
Please note that participants must attend both days of the training.
This training event directly supports areas 6.1 an approved collections care and conservation policy and 6.2 a collections care and conservation plan of the Accreditation Standard.
Places are limited, maximum two delegates per organisation. Priority will be given to non-NPO and non-National museums in the West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
Tea and coffee will be provided but participants are asked to bring their own packed lunch. We will be working in the collection stores for part of the session. Please bring some warm clothing, sensible shoes.
If you would benefit from any access support, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email the WMMD team as early as possible stating the support you require.
Free parking is available on site. The nearest railway station is Duddeston (about a 10 minute walk to the venue).
What’s Eating Your Collections?
Wednesday 25 January and Thursday 26 January 2023, 9.30am-3.30pm
Museum Collection Centre, 25 Dollman Street, Birmingham B7 4RQ
This event is fully booked. To join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
Managing Museum and Archive Collections Together
This event is part of a series of collaborative workshops organised by The National Archives (TNA) and the regional Museum Development teams. This event will be facilitated by staff from TNA and Museum Development teams in the West Midlands and East Midlands.
The course is aimed at those who are managing museum and archive collections together and may not have the professional skills to care for and make the best of both types of collection effectively. It will help museum managers and archive managers to understand more about the challenges of managing mixed collections. It will include relevant case studies, power point presentation and break-out sessions.
The course will include an interactive element where participants can contribute to discussions via Mentimeter. Please ensure that you can access Mentimeter alongside Zoom on your device, or bring along a second device, so that you can join the discussions on the day.
Who should attend?
- Museum and Archive professionals responsible for managing services
- Workforce (staff or volunteers) with responsibility for managing collections
Course Objectives
- to help museum and archive managers to understand more about effective management of mixed (museum and archive) collections
- to demonstrate where managing archives and museums are similar and where there are differences
- to highlight how both Accreditation schemes run alongside each other and can dovetail
- to demonstrate how a complete mixed collection can be managed using the best of each sector
- to highlight the TNA ‘Managing Mixed Collections’ guidance and AIM ‘Successfully Managing Archives in Museums’ guidance
Outcomes
At the end of the session participants will:
- have a basic knowledge of how to manage archives and museums alongside each other.
- understand where practices diverge and where they can use the best of each sector tradition.
- know where to go for more information on managing archive and museums collections together
- recognise the connections between the Museum and Archive Service Accreditation schemes
- feel more confident in managing museum and archive collections together
Book Managing Museum and Archive Collections Together
About the trainer
Janice Tullock is an Archives and Heritage consultant, working with archive services, museums and organisations outside the cultural sector, to manage collections and develop audiences for services.
Following experience in local authority archive and museum services and in policy development, her consultancy practice has focused on developing audiences for archives, managing collections, supporting the development of archive services and undertaking national strategic projects. Over a 15 year consultancy career clients have included local government, universities, charities, sporting organisations, museums and libraries across the UK. In 2021 she was lead consultant on the development of The National Archives guidance, Managing Mixed Collections. Janice is a member of the Archives Accreditation Committee and an expert mentor on behalf of the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Maximum two delegates per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation. Any remaining bookings will be allocated to services in other regions on a first come, first served basis.
If you would benefit from live captioning or any other form of access support, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email the WMMD team as early as possible stating the support you require.
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link to the training prior to the event. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email the day before the event please contact us.
What’s Eating Your Collections?
Do you know your furniture beetle from your biscuit beetle? Have you spotted some unusual holes in an object? Are you worried that something might be lurking in a dark corner of your collections store?
Join Jane Thompson-Webb, Conservation Team Leader at Birmingham Museum Trust, for a two day delve into the world of identifying and dealing with museum pests.
The Integrated Pest Management course is a hands-on training event. It is an opportunity to learn about the risks from insect pests and how to mitigate them. It is ideal for anyone working directly with collections, carrying out routine collections care or cleaning, or anyone in need of a refresher in this vital and fascinating area of collections management.
Please note that participants must attend both days of the training.
This training event directly supports areas 6.1 an approved collections care and conservation policy and 6.2 a collections care and conservation plan of the Accreditation Standard.
Places are limited, maximum two delegates per organisation. Priority will be given to non-NPO and non-National museums in the West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
Tea and coffee will be provided but participants are asked to bring their own packed lunch. We will be working in the collection stores for part of the session. Please bring some warm clothing, sensible shoes.
If you would benefit from any access support, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email the WMMD team as early as possible stating the support you require.
Free parking is available on site. The nearest railway station is Duddeston (about a 10 minute walk to the venue).
What’s Eating Your Collections?
Wednesday 25 January and Thursday 26 January 2023, 9.30am-3.30pm
Museum Collection Centre, 25 Dollman Street, Birmingham B7 4RQ
If you can’t see the booking button this event is fully booked. To join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
Museums and the Legacy of Imperialism
Join Isilda Almeida and Maurice Davies for a short online event exploring the legacy of imperialism in museums.
Focussing on collections displays, participants will:
- Learn how 19th and early 20th-century museums are rooted in colonialism and imperialism
- Understand how museums changed the histories they present in the late 20th and early 21st centuries
- Become familiar with the recent pressures on museums to decolonise and examples of good practice in UK museums
Participants will also be invited to develop ideas to bring in a wider range of people to present a wider range of histories in their museum.
Isilda and Maurice will deliver the session via Zoom using a range of exercises and interactive features, including Breakout Rooms. Participants are encouraged to ask questions and actively participate in discussion. Some activities will also involve the use of Padlet. If you have any concerns about accessibility or usability for these features please contact michelle.davies@ironbridge.org.uk
Between them, Isilda and Maurice bring knowledge, professional and lived-experience, current approaches to Equity and Inclusion, contextualised by historical and political events that have shaped how museums got to where they are.
This event is being delivered in partnership by WMMD and South East Museum Development (SEMD). It is the first in a series of three events linked to the WMMD Inclusive Museums programme. Future events scheduled for early 2023 are Involving Volunteers in your EDI Journey, and Co-curation with Communities. Events will promoted via the WMMD newsletter and website and bookings will be first come first served for each event.
Maximum two delegates per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
The presentation for this event will be auto-captioned via Zoom. If you would benefit from live captioning or any other form of access support, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email the WMMD team as early as possible stating the support you require.
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link to the training prior to the event. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email the day before the event please contact us.
If you can’t see the booking button this event is fully booked, please email wmmd@ironbridge.co.uk to join the waiting list.
Isilda Almeida and Maurice Davies deliver tailored approaches to increasing inclusive and equitable practice in the cultural sector, including training, advice, strategic planning, service review and community engagement.
Isilda Almeida, works as an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant in the culture sector and brings with her over 20 years’ experience of the UK heritage sector. Isilda will be supported by Maurice Davies, who brings nearly 40 years’ experience in UK museums and galleries as a policymaker, leader and curator. He has championed equity and inclusion since the 1990s when he was editor of Museums Journal. He has advised organisations such as the Greater London Authority, the National Museum Directors Council and the National Trust on aspects of heritage and race. Most recently he has helped Museum Detox with an organisational review and, with Isilda, delivered training on museums, equity and inclusion.
Museums and the Legacy of Imperialism
Tuesday 6 December, 10am-12.30pm
Online
