Book Events

MD North Forum: Beningbrough Hall, York, Tuesday 22 October 2024

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 […]

22 October 2024 · Beningbrough Hall

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Elevenses, Wednesday 23 October, Bloomberg Connects

Bloomberg Connects is a free, user-friendly digital tool designed by Bloomberg Philanthropies specifically for cultural institutions to enhance visitor engagement and support audience development goals. With 3.5 million users worldwide and over 550 organizations sharing their exhibitions, collections, and experiences, Bloomberg Connects enables museums, galleries, botanical gardens, historic sites, and performing arts organisations to explore […]

23 October 2024

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Accreditation Mentor Forum

This session is our annual catch up and networking event for Museum Accreditation Mentors. It’s an opportunity to discuss current developments and updates to the Accreditation Scheme, focus on specific mentor issues and feel supported by the region wide network of Accreditation Mentors. If you are a new or potential Accreditation Mentor, please come along […]

29 October 2024

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Elevenses, Monday 4 November, Arts Council England Designation Scheme

The Designation Scheme recognises and celebrates collections of national and international importance based on their quality and significance. Aysha Afridi (Senior Manager, Museums and Cultural Property) will be sharing more information on the recently re-opened Scheme and what it can mean for your collections.  The team at the Bronte Museum in Haworth will also give […]

4 November 2024

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Elevenses, Monday 11 November, Apprenticeship Guidance for Museums

Sue Hughes will talk you through the new guidance MD North has produced about recruiting apprentices; including details of the process, the funding and the training requirements.  She will be joined by Rachel Teate, from the School of Arts and Creative Industries Professional Apprenticeship’s Team at Teesside University who will tell you all about the […]

11 November 2024

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Carbon Literacy Course

Part 1: Course materials distributed: on Tuesday 5 November Part 2: Tuesday 12 November: 10:00-12:30 Part 3: Thursday 14 November: 10:00-11:45 and 13:00-14:45 Background Information Museum Development England, in partnership with Manchester Museum and The Carbon Literacy Project, has developed an online Museums’ Carbon Literacy Toolkit that will be free to access by all museums […]

12 November 2024

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Food For Thought: Catering in Museums

There are many different ways that museums can provide a catering offer for visitors, but how we make them accessible, sustainable, financially viable and ultimately successful is a big question. In this session Paul Smith of Montfort Catering Consultants will introduce the different management model options and we will hear a range of case studies […]

19 November 2024

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Getting Your House In Order – Documentation Procedures Manuals

Are your in-house instructions in a clear and useable format? Have you recorded key information about historic cataloguing systems, old numbering systems and policies? This session will firstly explore how to develop or review your procedures manual. We will also look at how to gather and record information about the history of your documentation systems, […]

19 November 2024

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Seeds for Action: Connect & Co-Work 20 November

As part of Roots & Branches, the Seeds for Action programme aims to connect Carbon Literate Certified museum people, and the organisations they represent, across England to develop and build on their carbon reduction strategies and approaches to taking climate action. This online programme, using Museum Development programme funding from Arts Council England, is a […]

20 November 2024

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Accreditation Refresher: Developing and engaging audiences

The refresher session will provide you with: An overview of Developing and Engaging Audiences Top tips for meeting this area of the Accreditation standard Opportunities to ask questions and discuss issues Signposting and links to helpful resources Networking and sharing with museums from across all regions Our aim is for participants to leave the session […]

21 November 2024

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