Book Events
Elevenses, Thursday 30 May, Practical First Steps with Digital Preservation
This online session explores some practical first steps to take with digital preservation – namely the creation of a digital asset register to form the basis for future activities and planning. It is led by Archives Consultant Simon Wilson. Simon is leading Danum Digital: Getting Doncaster’s digital records on track, a project funded by The […]
South Yorkshire Museum Forum
Our museum forums offer you “a professional day out” – a chance to catch up with your museum colleagues in the region, visit an interesting venue, get the most out of being at a site, hear some interesting case studies – and enjoy being out in a different museum with different colleagues! Forums usually start […]
Getting Your House in Order Workshop 2: Ownership of Collections
The Getting Your House in Order online programme uses the framework of Spectrum 5.1 and its procedures to focus on the planning and work required for museums to get their collections documentation in order. There are six workshops in the programme led by staff at the Collections Trust. For more information visit here. In this […]
West Yorkshire Museum Forum
Our museum forums offer you “a professional day out” – a chance to catch up with your museum colleagues in the region, visit an interesting venue, get the most out of being at a site, hear some interesting case studies – and enjoy being out in a different museum with different colleagues! Forums usually start […]
Brew Up! Industrial Collections Network
The theme for this first online session of Brew Up! is ‘Networks, Forums, Sharing Information and Best Practice’. It is open to anyone in the North region who cares for industrial collections, big or small. In the rapidly changing context that industrial heritage attractions and museums are operating in, how we communicate, connect with one […]
Elevenses, Wednesday 1 May, Developing Digital Engagement for Curiosity and Critical Thinking
In this session Rosie Barrett will discuss the development of two new digital learning platforms, ‘Museum of the Highlands’ (from the Highlands of Scotland) and ‘Out of the Box’ (from North Yorkshire). Both have been designed to increase assess to collections within the community, drawing on extensive user consultation with community groups and schools in […]