We will open for 2023 membership applications and renewals in early November 2022. We currently expect to open the new membership system for renewals and applications on Monday 7 November 2022. If there are any changes, we will let members know via the website and direct email. Thank you for your patience while we prepare […]
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Transgender and gender-nonconforming people deserve dignified and respectful representation of their lives and communities in museums and cultural institutions. The AAM Task Force for Transgender inclusion has developed a new guide on Interpreting Transgender Stories to recognise and address the marginalization of transgender identities throughout history, and the politicisation of transgender identity in the twenty-first […]
This article was first published by The Scotsman and written by Dr John Giblin, Keeper of Global Arts, Cultures and Design and Dr Yahya Barry, Community Collections Research Hub Manager at National Museums Scotland. Last year, National Museums Scotland was awarded a grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) with the National Maritime Museum, London to […]
This article was first published by Museums + Heritage Advisor. Rental platform Airbnb has donated £1.25 million to English Heritage to support the charity’s conservation and repair of historic houses, castles, abbeys. The donation follows the launch of Airbnb’s new ‘historical homes’ category, which includes listings for historic places to stay. The Silicon Valley company […]
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This article was first published by The Irish Times. One of Waterford city’s major tourism attractions, the Irish Museum of Time, has been shortlisted for the final of a prestigious international tourism award Eamonn McEneaney, director of the Waterford Treasures group of museums, said that the Irish Museum of Time was the only Irish entry […]
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The Wellcome Collection in London has returned an urn of human ashes for burial in Denmark, after research identified the remains of a young artist and member of the Danish resistance, who died in the Neuengamme concentration camp in northern Germany in 1944, aged just 26. The research, due to be outlined in a statement on the […]
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This article was first published on the ICOM UK website. For more than 20 years, The Best in Heritage conference has been successfully delivering a unique, comprehensive insight into most successful practices. The “Project of Influence” recognition is about quality that fascinates and impresses, with the implied claim that such achievements have the potential to […]
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This article was first published by MuseumNext. Museums are increasingly aware of the role they have to play in tackling the climate emergency, but the sector has a large carbon footprint with museums accounting for almost a quarter of the CO2 emissions of all Arts Council England NPOs. Temporary exhibitions and new displays create a lot of waste, […]
Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) has repurposed their grant funding for the rest of the financial year and are inviting Accredited museums to apply to a single Resilience Fund. Museums and the communities they serve are facing significant financial challenges and MGS is responding to this by repurposing its grant funding for the rest of the […]
