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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!“

Have you got a business idea that you need funded support to develop? A third round of Steps to Sustainability has launched, which along with mentoring, training and networking support, offers up to £10,000 in funding to help you develop an income generation idea. What you will experience 8 day programme of activities over 6 monthsContinue reading “Steps to Sustainability“

SHARE is offering another round of Recovery Grants to help museums reset after the Covid pandemic, reconnect with people, and reimagine their future as vital community spaces. You can apply for a grant between £1,000 and £5,000. Examples of activities for which grants can be used include (but not limited to): Developing and using collectionsContinue reading “SHARE / Art Fund Recovery Grants 2022-23 launched”

4pm-6pm Wednesday 7 and Wednesday 14 September AIM’s brand new two part workshop will provide all you need to know if you are considering setting up a new museum, or have recently taken over your local museum and are new to the sector. Following museum sector standards and best practice, participants will be guided throughContinue reading “Training – running a museum”

Looking to undertake some collections care or conservation work and need some funds to do it? The latest round of funding for this from AIM/Pilgrim Trust is open for applications until 30 September 2022.  Find out about applicants to the last round, and their projects for inspiration here on the AIM website.