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Museums face growing competition from ‘slick’ digital experiences.

Report examines how cultural attractions can close the audience engagement gap amid slow post-pandemic recovery.

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/11/museums-face-growing-competition-from-slick-digital-experiences/ #globalmuseum #museums #museumsassociation

Museums face growing competition from ‘slick’ digital experiences.

Report examines how cultural attractions can close the audience engagement gap amid slow post-pandemic recovery.

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/11/museums-face-growing-competition-from-slick-digital-experiences/ #globalmuseum #museums #museumsassociation

Editorial | Being inclusive is what we do.

With equality, diversity and inclusion under attack, we need to hold firm, writes Simon Stephens

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/opinion/2025/08/editorial-being-inclusive-is-what-we-do/# #globalmuseum #museums #museumsassociation

Editorial | Being inclusive is what we do.

With equality, diversity and inclusion under attack, we need to hold firm, writes Simon Stephens

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/opinion/2025/08/editorial-being-inclusive-is-what-we-do/# #globalmuseum #museums #museumsassociation

Another #MuseumsAssociation plug today: the MA has launched a #freelancer hub!

It contains some brilliant resources on working with #freelancers, managing your well-being when you work for yourself, and how to get started with #freelancing.

It looks great, and I don't just say that because I'm in the Q&A section (honest!).

https://www.museumsassociation.org/careers/freelancers-hub/

#museums #GLAM

Another #MuseumsAssociation plug today: the MA has launched a #freelancer hub!

It contains some brilliant resources on working with #freelancers, managing your well-being when you work for yourself, and how to get started with #freelancing.

It looks great, and I don't just say that because I'm in the Q&A section (honest!).

https://www.museumsassociation.org/careers/freelancers-hub/

#museums #GLAM

Choo choo! 🚄 I'm on my way to the #MuseumsAssociation conference in #Leeds today.

The theme of the conference is 'The Joy of Museums' which I think is just lovely. Don't we all need a little more joy in our lives?

If anyone else is going, give me a shout. I'd love to say hi in person!

#conference #museums #conferences

Choo choo! 🚄 I'm on my way to the #MuseumsAssociation conference in #Leeds today.

The theme of the conference is 'The Joy of Museums' which I think is just lovely. Don't we all need a little more joy in our lives?

If anyone else is going, give me a shout. I'd love to say hi in person!

#conference #museums #conferences

On a brighter note, I get to attend the #MuseumsAssociation conference in Leeds this November for free thanks to the incredible inclusive places scheme they run. So chuffed! They're a really lovely organisation.

On a brighter note, I get to attend the #MuseumsAssociation conference in Leeds this November for free thanks to the incredible inclusive places scheme they run. So chuffed! They're a really lovely organisation.

📢 Museums Association offering FREE inclusive places for #freelancing event 👏

If you're a professional body or similar out there: this is how you do inclusivity! Offer free places like this, and make the application process super easy. This is the way.

I'm not personally planning on attending this one, but it looks lovely. The deadline for applying is the 4th.

Full programme + how to get a FREE space here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/events/go-your-own-way-successful-freelancing-in-museums/

#museums #freelancers #inclusivity #MuseumsAssociation

📢 Museums Association offering FREE inclusive places for #freelancing event 👏

If you're a professional body or similar out there: this is how you do inclusivity! Offer free places like this, and make the application process super easy. This is the way.

I'm not personally planning on attending this one, but it looks lovely. The deadline for applying is the 4th.

Full programme + how to get a FREE space here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/events/go-your-own-way-successful-freelancing-in-museums/

#museums #freelancers #inclusivity #MuseumsAssociation

Museums Association Conference 2024: The Joy of Museums

12-14 November 2024, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds and online

Our hybrid annual Conference is also available online for remote attendees.

This year’s conference is celebrating the innovation, inventiveness and creativity that make our museums such incredible places.

Museums continue to deliver transformative experiences that have a deep and lasting impact on people’s lives.

https://www.museumsassociation.org/events/conference-2024/ #museums #MuseumsAssociation

Museums Association Conference 2024: The Joy of Museums

12-14 November 2024, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds and online

Our hybrid annual Conference is also available online for remote attendees.

This year’s conference is celebrating the innovation, inventiveness and creativity that make our museums such incredible places.

Museums continue to deliver transformative experiences that have a deep and lasting impact on people’s lives.

https://www.museumsassociation.org/events/conference-2024/ #museums #MuseumsAssociation

I couldn't make it to Cardiff for today's #MuseumsAssociation meetup in Wales but I've got a great excuse: it's Waffle. He needed me.

So Waffle and I are attending #MAWales online instead. He's already been on camera once!

#MACymru #dogs #FreelanceLife

I couldn't make it to Cardiff for today's #MuseumsAssociation meetup in Wales but I've got a great excuse: it's Waffle. He needed me.

So Waffle and I are attending #MAWales online instead. He's already been on camera once!

#MACymru #dogs #FreelanceLife

📰 Hampshire Cultural Trust ‘gamifies’ collections auditing

I actually think this is a genius move. Not everything should be a competition or a game, true, but the kind of work these volunteers are doing is pretty thankless at the best of times. Incentives are a nice thing and I just thought this was really refreshing!

Also I love the team names Data Hunters and Story Gatherers SO much.

Full read here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2024/02/hampshire-cultural-trust-gamifies-collections-auditing/

#MuseumsAssociation #Hampshire #MuseumNews #collections

📰 Hampshire Cultural Trust ‘gamifies’ collections auditing

I actually think this is a genius move. Not everything should be a competition or a game, true, but the kind of work these volunteers are doing is pretty thankless at the best of times. Incentives are a nice thing and I just thought this was really refreshing!

Also I love the team names Data Hunters and Story Gatherers SO much.

Full read here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2024/02/hampshire-cultural-trust-gamifies-collections-auditing/

#MuseumsAssociation #Hampshire #MuseumNews #collections

Our favourite #conservation agony aunt Jane Henderson has her very own episode on the #MuseumsAssociation #podcast Radical Museums: Sharon and Jane discuss the power of museums and their collections, the joys of #Cardiff, approaches to culture in #Wales, tackling racism in Wales, and the challenges of working in #museums today.

Listen here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/watch-and-listen/radical-museums-s2e2/

#podcasts #conservators #activism #RadicalMuseums

📰 "Curatorial fellowships launched for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people"

📢 Curating Visibility programme offers career development opportunities to tackle underrepresentation in sector

Full article here: https://museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2024/01/curatorial-fellowships-launch-for-d-deaf-disabled-and-neurodivergent-people/

Three #fellowships will run between April 2024 and June 2025 and aim to bring more #diversity to the UK museum sector.

#MuseumsAssociation #MuseumNews #neurodiversity #MuseumWorkers #museums #GLAM #curatorial #disability #deaf #disabled #neurodivergent

📰 "Curatorial fellowships launched for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people"

📢 Curating Visibility programme offers career development opportunities to tackle underrepresentation in sector

Full article here: https://museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2024/01/curatorial-fellowships-launch-for-d-deaf-disabled-and-neurodivergent-people/

Three #fellowships will run between April 2024 and June 2025 and aim to bring more #diversity to the UK museum sector.

#MuseumsAssociation #MuseumNews #neurodiversity #MuseumWorkers #museums #GLAM #curatorial #disability #deaf #disabled #neurodivergent

Today I'm living that #DigitalNomad life at my parents' dining room table. I'm attending the #MuseumsAssociation annual conference for two days from Sweden - #FreelanceLife at its best, right?

Today I'm living that #DigitalNomad life at my parents' dining room table. I'm attending the #MuseumsAssociation annual conference for two days from Sweden - #FreelanceLife at its best, right?

I love this piece in the #MuseumsJournal so much:

📰 Working life | ‘Fibromyalgia is as much a part of me as my red hair and love of leopard print’

Yas! 🙌 Stacey Smith, working at London’s National Gallery, talks about being a #disabled #MuseumWorker with #fibromyalgia -- it's a lovely read.

Also how AMAZINGLY powerful is that portrait? I love it.

#MuseumsAssociation #disability

I love this piece in the #MuseumsJournal so much:

📰 Working life | ‘Fibromyalgia is as much a part of me as my red hair and love of leopard print’

Yas! 🙌 Stacey Smith, working at London’s National Gallery, talks about being a #disabled #MuseumWorker with #fibromyalgia -- it's a lovely read.

Also how AMAZINGLY powerful is that portrait? I love it.

#MuseumsAssociation #disability

📰 York Castle Museum partially closed after #RAAC discovery

Surprised we haven't seen more headlines like these: #museums all over the country must be built out of the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) they've discovered propping up the gallery ceilings in #York.

The concrete has a life-span of 30 years and we've been cheerily putting it in just about everything between the 1950s until the mid-90s. :yikes:

Full read here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/09/york-castle-museum-announces-partial-closure-after-raac-discovery/

#MuseumsAssociation #MuseumNews

📰 York Castle Museum partially closed after #RAAC discovery

Surprised we haven't seen more headlines like these: #museums all over the country must be built out of the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) they've discovered propping up the gallery ceilings in #York.

The concrete has a life-span of 30 years and we've been cheerily putting it in just about everything between the 1950s until the mid-90s. :yikes:

Full read here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/09/york-castle-museum-announces-partial-closure-after-raac-discovery/

#MuseumsAssociation #MuseumNews

The Power of Museums - at your finger tips! | Having a hybrid conference means attendance is more accessible than ever https://www.museumsassociation.org/events/conference-2023/ #museums #MuseumsAssociation #conference

📢 Tender opportunity: Anti-racism advisor/facilitator

❓ Museums Association
📍 Remote working
💷 Maximum budget £16,000
🗓️ Oct 2023 - Dec 2024 (ish)
⏰ 11/9/23

Force-of-nature facilitator needed to lead a project involving five museums: creating workshops and fostering a cohort of anti-racist museum professionals to tackle sector-wide problems. (No biggie. Good to see though!)

Full info here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/tender-opportunity-anti-racism-advisor-facilitator/

#MuseumsAssociation #museums #heritage #AntiRacism #MuseumJobs #tender

📢 Tender opportunity: Anti-racism advisor/facilitator

❓ Museums Association
📍 Remote working
💷 Maximum budget £16,000
🗓️ Oct 2023 - Dec 2024 (ish)
⏰ 11/9/23

Force-of-nature facilitator needed to lead a project involving five museums: creating workshops and fostering a cohort of anti-racist museum professionals to tackle sector-wide problems. (No biggie. Good to see though!)

Full info here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/tender-opportunity-anti-racism-advisor-facilitator/

#MuseumsAssociation #museums #heritage #AntiRacism #MuseumJobs #tender

📰 "Wales unveils plans for dispersed national contemporary art collection"

Very pleased to see #Carmarthen on the list of short-listed places to host.

Full read here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/07/wales-unveils-plans-for-dispersed-national-contemporary-art-collection/

#Wales #arts #culture #galleries #news #MuseumsAssociation

📰 "Wales unveils plans for dispersed national contemporary art collection"

Very pleased to see #Carmarthen on the list of short-listed places to host.

Full read here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/07/wales-unveils-plans-for-dispersed-national-contemporary-art-collection/

#Wales #arts #culture #galleries #news #MuseumsAssociation

Today I'm attending the #MuseumsAssociation one day conference on the #FutureOfDisposal, which is a hot topic for #museums everywhere.

I'm very pro-rationalisation, which often horrifies fellow #conservators, but we just can't keep everything.

I'd be curious to hear what my fellow GLAM folks on here think of pruning #collections - yay or nay?

Personally I think it's as much a part of good #CollectionsManagement as acquiring new objects and looking after them while they're in your care.

Today I'm attending the #MuseumsAssociation one day conference on the #FutureOfDisposal, which is a hot topic for #museums everywhere.

I'm very pro-rationalisation, which often horrifies fellow #conservators, but we just can't keep everything.

I'd be curious to hear what my fellow GLAM folks on here think of pruning #collections - yay or nay?

Personally I think it's as much a part of good #CollectionsManagement as acquiring new objects and looking after them while they're in your care.