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Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre, under a new Committee reopened on 2nd March with mayor, MP and local councillors in attendance. The centre is currently going through a one year refurbishment programme with a grand reopening planned for 1st March 2026. After a good start it was quickly discovered that many items were not labelled orContinue reading “New Museums Essex members! Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre”

By Claire Willetts, Curatorial & Learning Officer at Chelmsford Museum The stories told in museum exhibitions are often interpreted by a curator, those who have studied and researched a subject in significant detail, and hopefully condensed all that information into a manageable and accessible narrative. Our latest temporary exhibition, Behind the Rainbow, was an opportunityContinue reading “Curator’s Blog: Behind the Rainbow”

On Tuesday 3rd October Braintree Museum was honoured to have received a visit from HRH The Duke of Gloucester to celebrate our 30th birthday and the formal opening of the Warner & Sons Gallery. Visit Details To commemorate the 30th birthday of the Museum in Manor Street, Braintree and the formal opening of our WarnerContinue reading “Royal Visit to Braintree Museum”

By Sarah Harvey, Curatorial & Learning Officer at Chelmsford Museum Image courtesy of Chelmsford City Council Chelmsford holds the title “Birthplace of Radio” for several very good reasons; the first wireless factory was opened here; Marconi, aided by many brilliant engineers, perfected and developed his radio technology here; and the first regular, licensed British radioContinue reading “Tuning in to Radio Club!”

Jenny Oxley, Collections Officer (Human History) at Saffron Walden Museum tells us about their Digital Transformation Journey with Culture 24. “In November last year we joined a small cohort of museums on a Culture 24 programme called the digital Transformation Journey, led by Anra Kennedy and Alec Ward, which is designed to “kickstart a processContinue reading “Saffron Walden Museum – Digital Transformation”

Partnership between The Scouts Heritage Service and the Food Museum. This exhibition came out of a presentation by the Food Museum at the 2022 AIM conference. As Jenny Cousins, Food Museum Director, explained their new narrative approach of hanging their stories off the themes of grow, make and eat I realised that there was aContinue reading “Growing up, digging deep: the story of Scouts, food and farming”

Heritage Compass is a free Business Support Programme for small and medium sized heritage organisations in England. Delivered by Cause4, in partnership with Creative United and the Arts Marketing Association, the programme will help organisations (including local museums, parks, landscapes, places of worship and heritage buildings) who want to future proof their business model. TheContinue reading “Heritage Compass – apply now”

19 October This two hour online workshop with energy management specialists Pilio will explore low and no cost interventions to help save energy in preparation for winter. It will cover energy management; energy monitoring; boiler settings; internal temperatures; fabric and drafts; lighting; night use minimisation and the use of environmental sensors. Participants will be givenContinue reading “Training: Museum Energy Management: Preparing for the Winter”

SHARE are thrilled to announce their 2022 Conference ‘Community Culture: how museums are stronger working with their communities’, taking place at Ely Maltings on 10 November.  Explore how museums work with their communities through inspiring case studies including CIMS/Aspire Black Suffolk, the A Place to Be Project, and a line up of excellent speakers.  Volunteers nominated for theContinue reading “Book now for the SHARE conference!10 November 2022 “

Applications are open again for AIM Reimagine grants, which are designed to inspire creativity and help museums recover after the challenging years of the pandemic. They’re particularly interested to hear about projects that explore your approach to engaging audiences, and grants of between £10,000 – £50,000 are available. Applications close 12 September. Find out moreContinue reading “AIM Reimagine funding – last chance to apply!“