Engaging With Schools Network Meeting – The Wild Escape
This short and informal online session is a chance for museum staff and volunteers across the Midlands to come together to share ideas and learning.
The theme for this session is ‘The Wild Escape’. Alongside the usual chance to network and share recent experiences in delivering educational sessions with peers from across the region it will be a chance for delegates to hear about recent projects relating to the Art Fund Wild Escapes initiative. This is a major creative project for museums and schools inspired by the wildlife found in museum and gallery collections.
Aims of the session
- A chance to informally talk to others in the region about the current situation with museum learning in schools
- Hear examples of what Creative Learning Services and others have been delivering to schools in the region relating to The Wild Escape
- An update from all about how this school year has gone
This session will be hosted by Programme Facilitator Mary Sibson, Creative Learning Services.
The session will be run on the online meeting platform Zoom and details of how to join the session will be sent to delegates the day before.
Who is it for?
This event will be our first East and West Midlands-wide networking event as is open to all museum staff and volunteers from across the region. It is being run as part of the ongoing MDEM Engaging with Schools Network. This is a free to access network for museum staff and volunteers from Accredited museums and those working towards Accreditation. New members are welcome, and you can simply join the network by visiting the MDEM website.
Engaging With Schools Network Meeting – The Wild Escape
Tuesday 6 June, 10am-11.30am
Zoom
Coffee and Chatter
Grab your morning cuppa…
Join the WMMD team as we introduce SumnerMcIntyre, our Collections Advisors for 2023/24.
Ann Sumner and Beth McIntyre will facilitate and deliver our collections workshops and will be your first point of contact for your collections care and collections management queries. Ann and Beth will be asking those attending about the workshops you’d like to have and how you would like them delivered. Come along to have your say!
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.
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.
Carbon Literacy for Industrial Heritage Museums – session 2 and 3
Reducing your energy usage means reducing your energy bills, benefitting both your budget and the planet.
The course will use the Carbon Literacy for Museums Toolkit developed by Museum Development and the Carbon Literacy Trust, with tailored case studies from Industrial Heritage sites across England and with specialist support from Mike Nevell, Industrial Heritage Support Officer for England and Ian Bapty, Museum Development Manager, North East.
What is a Carbon Literacy course? Becoming Carbon Literate will give you an understanding of what climate change is, the scale of its effects, and how museums fit into the global, national and local picture to address climate change. You become Carbon Literate by making an individual pledge, and an organisational pledge to take back to your museum, of what you can do, and is in your power to achieve, to make a significant difference to your carbon impact.
Who can attend? Anyone – we welcome all trustees, managers, volunteers and paid staff from museums across England who want to understand the part they can play in tackling the climate emergency. The course will be particularly beneficial to those involved in Industrial Heritage sites, however staff and volunteers from other types of museums are welcome too.
What’s involved? The course is made up of four modules – the first module is pre-recorded and there are three Zoom sessions:
- Tuesday 6 June – the pre-recorded module will be sent to you. It lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tuesday 13 June, 10am-12.30pm – Zoom session 1
- Thursday 15 June, 10am-12noon – Zoom session 2
- Thursday 15 June, 1pm-3pm – Zoom session 3
Attendees will be certified as Carbon Literate once they’ve successfully completed the course. Therefore, it is essential you are able to attend all three Zoom sessions.
Maximum two attendees per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the East Midlands and West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
Accessibility
This event will be auto captioned through Zoom. If you would benefit from other forms 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 the booking button isn’t showing these training sessions are fully booked. Please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk to join the waiting list.
Carbon Literacy for Industrial Heritage Museums
Reducing your energy usage means reducing your energy bills, benefitting both your budget and the planet.
The course will use the Carbon Literacy for Museums Toolkit developed by Museum Development and the Carbon Literacy Trust, with tailored case studies from Industrial Heritage sites across England and with specialist support from Mike Nevell, Industrial Heritage Support Officer for England and Ian Bapty, Museum Development Manager, North East.
What is a Carbon Literacy course? Becoming Carbon Literate will give you an understanding of what climate change is, the scale of its effects, and how museums fit into the global, national and local picture to address climate change. You become Carbon Literate by making an individual pledge, and an organisational pledge to take back to your museum, of what you can do, and is in your power to achieve, to make a significant difference to your carbon impact.
Who can attend? Anyone – we welcome all trustees, managers, volunteers and paid staff from museums across England who want to understand the part they can play in tackling the climate emergency. The course will be particularly beneficial to those involved in Industrial Heritage sites, however staff and volunteers from other types of museums are welcome too.
What’s involved? The course is made up of four modules – the first module is pre-recorded and there are three Zoom sessions:
- Tuesday 6 June – the pre-recorded module will be sent to you. It lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tuesday 13 June, 10am-12.30pm – Zoom session 1
- Thursday 15 June, 10am-12noon – Zoom session 2
- Thursday 15 June, 1pm-3pm – Zoom session 3
Attendees will be certified as Carbon Literate once they’ve successfully completed the course. Therefore, it is essential you are able to attend all three Zoom sessions.
Maximum two attendees per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the East Midlands and West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
Accessibility
This event will be auto captioned through Zoom. If you would benefit from other forms 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 the booking button isn’t showing these training sessions are fully booked. Please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk to join the waiting list.
Diversifying your Museum Board – Introduction to Diversity and Inclusion
Join Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM), West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) and Inclusive Boards for a focused training session looking at diversity and inclusive practice at a governance level.
Particular insight and focus will be given to the following topics:
- Gain an understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Analyse and evaluate diversity strands outside of the Equality Act (Different types and categories of diversity)
- Understand the unconscious bias spectrum
- What is microaggression and what are the types of microaggression?
- Look at best practices in other sectors and put forward solutions
During the session you will gain practical insight into how to move forward practice in this area for your organisation, as well as be able to share your own experiences alongside other museums from across the Midlands.
Who is delivering the session?
This session is part of MDEM and WMMD’s Trustee Network suite of training, focusing on good practice in all aspects of governance. It is being delivered by Inclusive Boards.
Inclusive Boards began its work in the third sector, supporting some of the UK’s largest charities including Amnesty International, Big Lottery, British Red Cross and the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) with efforts to improve board diversity and develop stronger governance structures.
Today they have a diverse talent pool of over 60,000 professionals and a reach that expands into sectors and communities across the UK. They have worked with over 150 organisations on board and executive appointments in the STEM, sport, not-for-profit and public sectors.
Evidence shows that in order to ensure diversity of thought and experience is present during decision making processes, it’s imperative that there’s a diverse leadership team. Whether you’re just starting to think about inclusion, or you hold mandatory Diversity and Inclusion training every year – Inclusive Boards aims to support and strengthen diversity and inclusion within your organisation.
Who is it for?
This session is aimed specifically at museum trustees from Accredited museums across the Midlands.
Priority will be given to trustees 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 MDEM. Museums in the East Midlands can book their place here.
Accessibility
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. Museum Development is committed to providing all training in an accessible format and have a dedicated budget to enable this.
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 wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
Diversifying your Museum Board – Introduction to Diversity and Inclusion
Tuesday 9 May, 10am-12.30pm
Online
The Arts Green Book: Sustainable Buildings seminar 2
Paddy Dillon and Lisa Burger of Renew Culture will set out the key principles behind the Arts Green Book. They will show museum and gallery organisations what they need do to make their building sustainable, and how to plan the process from identifying key actions and putting in hand easy wins, to programming maintenance and planning capital projects.
Seminar dates:
Tuesday 25 April, 2pm-2.45pm
Thursday 18 May, 9am-9.45am
To get log-in instructions, please email info@artsgreenbook.com
Published in November 2022, The Arts Green Book : Sustainable Buildings is an initiative by the cultural sectors – working with sustainability experts Buro Happold and supported by Arts Council England and the GLA – providing free advice on how to ensure that cultural buildings can become energy efficient, and less reliant on non-renewable sources of energy.
The Arts Green Book: Sustainable Buildings seminars
Paddy Dillon and Lisa Burger of Renew Culture will set out the key principles behind the Arts Green Book. They will show museum and gallery organisations what they need do to make their building sustainable, and how to plan the process from identifying key actions and putting in hand easy wins, to programming maintenance and planning capital projects.
Seminar dates:
Tuesday 25 April, 2pm-2.45pm
Thursday 18 May, 9am-9.45am
To get log-in instructions, please email info@artsgreenbook.com
Published in November 2022, The Arts Green Book : Sustainable Buildings is an initiative by the cultural sectors – working with sustainability experts Buro Happold and supported by Arts Council England and the GLA – providing free advice on how to ensure that cultural buildings can become energy efficient, and less reliant on non-renewable sources of energy.
SHCG Conference 2023
The Social History Curators Group (SHCG) conference has the theme of Activism and Professional Practice in the Changing World
Hear case studies from organisations who are involved in activism projects, take part in workshops designed to improve your confidence and practice, and discuss how social history can be at the heart of a changing world.
Find out more and book the SHCG conference.
SHCG Conference 2023
Friday 9 June, 9am-5pm
Thinktank, Birmingham B4 7XG
TEG Connects: Exhibitions, partnership and networking
TEG Connects: Exhibitions, partnership and networking
Monday 24 April, 10am-4.30pm
Maritime Museum, Liverpool L3 4AQ
The UK’s principal touring and partnership exhibition event.
Connect with colleagues nationwide to network and see the huge variety of projects, partnership opportunities and tours the sector has to offer, and to meet corporate members and suppliers.
Get Ready for Google Analytics 4
Museum Development England is pleased to present this Google Analytics 4 webinar featuring Data Analytics & Insight specialist and Digital Culture Network Tech Champion James Akers.
Google Analytics 4 is replacing Universal Analytics for tracking and reviewing your website audience data and insights. On 1 July all standard Universal Analytics properties will stop processing new hits. This webinar will provide you with the key information for what you need to do ahead of the switchover, what the key differences are and what do you need to know as museums and how to utilise Google Analytics 4 to inform your digital audience engagement.
James Akers is one of Arts Council England’s Digital Culture Network Tech Champions; specialising in Data Analytics & Insight. Prior to this role at DCN James led digital teams at the University of Cumbria and Manchester Metropolitan University, using digital analytics to identify trends and develop data-driven decision making.
Book a place on the Google Analytics 4 webinar
The Digital Culture Network (DCN) is an Arts Council England initiative which provides practical, on the ground help to the arts and culture sector. The network supports digital skills and leadership development – provided through 1-2-1’s, resources and events. For more information visit the DCN website, email at digitalnetwork@artscouncil.org.uk or connect on Twitter @ace_dcn and LinkedIn.
The session will be facilitated by Rachel Cartwright, Digital Engagement Officer for South West Museum Development.
Get Ready for Google Analytics 4
Wednesday 10 May, 10.30am-12noon
Online
