Preservation of Photographic Materials Session: Photographic Processes and their Problems
This event from the Photographic Collection Network (a Subject Specialist Network) is looking at different types of photographs that can be found in museum or archive collection and what preservation problems may occur.
Find out more and book Preservation of Photographic Materials
Preservation of Photographic Materials Session: Photographic Processes and their Problems
Tuesday 16 May, 1pm-2.45pm
Online
How To Create an Audience Development Plan
Join this session from The Audience Agency for a walk through a no-nonsense process for creating an audience development plan which you can put into practice straight away to help you successfully retain audiences and reach new ones.
Find out more and book How to Create an Audience Development Plan
Essentials of Evaluation
Demonstrating success and identifying learning are at the heart of evaluation – this session from The Audience Agency will provide a process for you and your organisation to follow to help you define and gather those all important facts, figures and insights.
Inventory and Documentation Planning
This is the fourth of seven workshops delivered by West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) in partnership with Museum Development East Midlands and Collections Trust to support you in ensuring that your collections documentation is well managed.
This session will explore the potential steps and considerations involved when undertaking an inventory project, using the Spectrum 5.1 Inventory procedure as a framework.
What is the difference between the Inventory and Audit procedures? What information do you need to meet the requirements for the Inventory procedure? How can you create a realistic documentation plan to address inventory projects?
By the end of the session, delegates will:
- Understand the role of the Spectrum standard, and its supporting guidance, in relation to museum Accreditation
- Understand the Spectrum requirements for the Inventory procedure
- Understand policy related to Inventory
- Know how to develop a realistic plan to address gaps in inventory information
- Know where to find more information and guidance
Before the session:
Think about how you do things in your museum, referring to your in-house procedural manual if you have access to it. You might also find it useful to have it with you to refer to during the session.
Maximum two delegates per organisation.
This event will be auto-captioned through Zoom. If you would benefit from any other form of access support, including live captioning, 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 the event is fully booked. If you would like to join the waiting list please mailto:wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
Inventory and Documentation Planning
Thursday 12 October, 10am-12noon
Online
Location and Movement Control
This is the third of seven workshops delivered by West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) in partnership with Museum Development East Midlands and Collections Trust to support you in ensuring that your collections documentation is well managed.
In this session we will focus on the Spectrum procedures and processes involved in recording and managing the location and movement of objects. This includes systematic record-keeping, accountability, preparation, and maintenance of location information.
By the end of the session, delegates will:
- Understand the Spectrum procedure Location and movement control.
- Understand the importance of recording and maintaining up to date information about object locations.
- Understand the role of the Spectrum standard in relation to museum Accreditation.
- Know where to find more information and guidance
Before the session:
Think about how you do things in your museum, referring to your relevant policy and procedures if you have access to them. You might also find it useful to have it with you to refer to during the session
Maximum two delegates per organisation.
This event will be auto-captioned through Zoom. If you would benefit from any other form of access support, including live captioning, 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 the course is fully booked. If you would like to join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
Location and Movement Control
Thursday 14 September, 10am-12noon
Online
MidFed Meeting: Co-producing the Leicester Stories Gallery
Join MidFed for their first in person meeting since Covid.
Angela Robinson will be talking about co-curating the Leicester Stories Gallery, which opened in 2021 and focuses on the stories and voices of people living in Leicester today – from the 1950s onwards.
After the meeting will continue in a nearby pub.
Membership of the MidFed is currently free and there is no charge for this event. To book a place, just email midfed@gmail.com
MidFed Meeting: Co-producing the Leicester Stories Gallery
Wednesday 24 May, 4.30pm-5.30pm
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery LE1 7EA
Accreditation Mentors – Spectrum 5.1 and rethinking cataloguing
Collections Trust is running this online briefing event for Accreditation mentors who want to learn more about the recent updates to the Spectrum standard to support your mentee museum.
They will highlight the key changes to the standard, explain why these have been made, and invite questions for clarification. This event is also an opportunity to come together with other mentors from around the UK.
Register for the event by 09.30am, Thursday 22 June
Accreditation Mentors – Spectrum 5.1 and rethinking cataloguing
Thursday 29 June, 2pm-3pm
Museum Carbon Literacy training
Museum Development North West is running free online Carbon Literacy training aimed at museum professionals and volunteers on Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 May.
Sign up and learn about the ways that the carbon impact of museums can be reduced and how the influence of museums can be leveraged for climate action.
If you are planning on delivering Carbon Literacy within your museum using the Museums Toolkit, becoming Carbon Literate yourself is an essential first step – so don’t miss this opportunity!
The training consists of a pre-course activity (1.5 hours, to be completed between 3 and 9 May), an online session on 10 May (10am-12.30pm), and an online session on 11 May (10am-14.25pm).
Coffee and Chatter
Grab your morning cuppa…
Join the WMMD team as we introduce our Accreditation Advisor for 2023/24, Jennie Crawford.
Jennie will facilitate and deliver Accreditation events for Museum Development East Midlands and West Midlands Museum Development. She will be your first point of contact to answer Accreditation queries, whether you want help with your Accreditation return or you’re just wanting to know more about the Accreditation Scheme.
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.
Introduction to the National Curriculum
Are you new to Heritage Learning or trying to develop a relevant learning offer that schools will want to book?
Without a background in education or teaching it is sometimes difficult to understand how the National Curriculum works and how you can build a learning offer that is relevant to it. This session will offer a whistle stop tour of the National Curriculum and the opportunities and challenges it presents for museums/ historical sites.
It will also give you time to consider ways in which your museums/ historical sites can deliver learning outcomes across different areas of the curriculum.
By the end of the session, delegates will:
- Have an understanding of the National Curriculum
- Be able to link this to a museum setting
- Have an understanding of learning outcomes
- Have met other members of the network at a similar position
The event will be facilitated by Mary Sibson, Creative Learning Officer for Creative Learning Services.
Who should attend?
This training is aimed at museum staff and volunteers from Accredited museums or those working towards Accreditation in the East and West Midlands.
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. This event is being delivered in partnership with Museum Development East Midlands. Museums based in East Midlands can book their place here
This online event will be auto-captioned by 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.
Introduction to the National Curriculum
Tuesday 4 July, 10am-12noon
Online
If you can’t see the booking button, the event is fully booked. Please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk to join the waiting list.
