Going Further, a ten-year strategy for Scotland’s museums and galleries, launched in 2012 with a compelling shared vision. The strategy focused on developing a culture of ambition and innovation to help the museum sector flourish. It encouraged creative thinking, promoted collaboration, and recognised the incredible potential of the sector’s talented and committed workforce. Ten years […]
The Leibniz Association of Research Museums and University of Cambridge Museums are delighted to announce their online conference ‘Focus on Conservation: Facing Climate Change’ on 29th November to 2nd December 2022. Climate change is creating new threats to the preservation of cultural heritage. Museums may already struggle to provide the best possible care for their collections, and […]
Dear ICOM readers from 2022, Today is the first day of 2122 and I just walked home from one of my favourite museums, where I visited an exhibition about how the Black Lives Matter movement shaped the course of the 21st century, harvested some winter vegetables from the community garden and voted for the next […]
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The recent study “Open GLAM & education. Teachers’ and educator’s perspective on digital culture resources” aims at understanding the importance of online heritage-based tools, resources, and digitized collections for formal and non-formal education in EU countries. The research results also served as a base for creating relevant recommendations on the development of heritage-based open educational […]
Arts Council England has announced details of its new national portfolio of funded organisations for 2023-26. From Stoke to Slough, Gloucester to Wigan, the Arts Council’s Levelling Up for Culture Places will see a 95% increase in investment, with 78 designated towns and cities to receive £43.5 million annually, for the next three years. There will […]
The Museums + Heritage Awards are out to celebrate and reward the brilliant individuals and teams that keep the cultural sector moving. The M+H Awards have launched two great new categories – the Sector Support Award and Team of the Year. Along with Volunteer of the Year, these three categories put people front and centre. Who would you like […]
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ICOM UK is delighted to announce the speakers for the first online ICOM UK – Heritage in Crisis event on Wednesday 9 November 2022, 12:30 – 13:30 (UK time). Sophie Delepierre, Head of Heritage Protection at ICOM and Anastasiia Cherednychenko, vice-chair at ICOM Ukraine will speak about the role of ICOM Red Lists in combatting […]
ICOM UK will open it’s new membership site for 2023 applications and renewals on Monday 7 November 2022. As this is a new system, there may be some changes in how you renew your membership for 2023. Please make sure you have your ICOM UK membership number to hand (you can find the number on […]
The United Nations uses before-and-after photos to track the level of destruction on Ukraine’s architecture, art, monuments and tangible heritage. The idea is to create a platform with a list of cultural properties with images obtained by satellite imagery. […]
