Museums Association
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Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org
News | Fashion Museum Bath secures big capital grant The £7.2m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will help the £39.5m project move forward
Fashion Museum Bath secures big capital grant - Museums Association
The £7.2m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will help the £39.5m project move forward
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Analysis | Digital detox: Is social media still worth it for museums? 📲 The online landscape suddenly looks very different amid a backlash against tech giants. Geraldine Kendall Adams asks how museums are adapting to the post-X era
Digital detox: Is social media still worth it for museums? - Museums Association
The online landscape suddenly looks very different amid a backlash against tech giants. Geraldine Kendall Adams asks how museums are adapting to the post-X era
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News | New director of Heritage Fund Northern Ireland Stella Byrne has started her new role
New director of Heritage Fund Northern Ireland - Museums Association
Stella Byrne has started her new role
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News | V&A’s Tim Reeve takes top job at English Heritage The charity has been without a permanent chief executive since Nick Merriman’s departure in June last year
V&A's Tim Reeve takes top job at English Heritage - Museums Association
The charity has been without a permanent chief executive since Nick Merriman's departure in June last year
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Opinion | Jewish museums and staff need support Hate crimes are impacting museums’ essential work, says Manchester Jewish Museum’s Sue Shave
Jewish museums and staff need support - Museums Association
Hate crimes are impacting museums’ essential work, says Sue Shave
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News | Plans to relocate Walsall Leather Museum scrapped by new Reform council Campaigners welcome decision to keep museum in its historic factory home
Plans to relocate Walsall Leather Museum scrapped by new Reform council - Museums Association
Campaigners welcome decision to keep museum in its historic factory home
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News | Union members at Royal Museums Greenwich to strike RMG said it is disappointed by the industrial action, which will take place on 11-12 August
Union members at Royal Museums Greenwich to strike - Museums Association
RMG said it is disappointed by the industrial action, which will take place on 11-12 August
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We’re pleased to announce the grantees of the most recent round of the @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social Communities and Collections Fund 🙌 The fund supports projects using museum collections to improve inclusion and equitable working with community partners. Scroll to meet the awardees 🧵 1/3
News | Updated safeguarding guidance addresses generative AI concerns Kids in Museums offers advice on using images of children on websites and social media
Updated safeguarding guidance addresses generative AI concerns - Museums Association
Kids in Museums offers advice on using images of children on websites and social media
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Profile | ‘I don’t have a typical museum background – I’m really proud of getting to where I have’ For someone who never expected to work in the sector, Helen Hartstein now has her dream job at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Profile | 'I don’t have a typical museum background - I’m really proud of getting to where I have' - Museums Association
For someone who never expected to work in the sector, Helen Hartstein now has her dream job at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum
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News | Collections staff at V&A vote to strike over pay and ‘Amazon-style’ conditions Institution says safety and wellbeing is of ‘utmost importance’ after collections access officers raise heatwave concerns Prospect Union
Collections staff at V&A vote to strike over pay and ‘Amazon-style’ conditions - Museums Association
Institution says safety and wellbeing is of ‘utmost importance’ after collections access officers raise heatwave concerns
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News | London Museum sounds out DJs to join late-night collective Musicians will play regular evenings when the institution reopens in November
London Museum sounds out DJs to join late-night collective - Museums Association
Musicians will play regular evenings when the institution reopens in November
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News | Loss of funding for Jodrell Bank Observatory will not affect site’s museum Engagement centre is supported separately and ‘remains open to visitors’
Loss of funding for Jodrell Bank Observatory will not affect site's museum - Museums Association
Engagement centre is supported separately and 'remains open to visitors’
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News | Funding boost means construction can start on major Scottish collections store Lottery grant of £8.5m for The Art Works, which will house the National Galleries of Scotland's collections
Funding boost means construction can start on major Scottish collections store - Museums Association
Lottery grant of £8.5m for The Art Works, which will house the National Galleries of Scotland's collections
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Join the panel for MA Conference 2027 🤝 We're looking for people to join the panel that will work with MA staff to shape next year's conference, which will take place in Belfast on 15-17 November 2027. If you're based in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, we want to hear from you 👇
Join the panel for MA Conference 2027 - Museums Association
We are looking for people to join the panel that will help shape the next Museums Association (MA) Conference, which will take place in Belfast on 15-17 November 2027. We create a panel each year to s...
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News | Fund has helped Scotland’s museums ‘move beyond day-to-day survival’ Evaluation report looks at impact of Museum Futures scheme one year in Museums Galleries Scotland
Fund has helped Scotland’s museums ‘move beyond day-to-day survival’ - Museums Association
Evaluation report looks at impact of Museum Futures scheme one year in
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Download our Easy Read version of the Code of Ethics 📥 We're pleased to let you know that an Easy Read version of the Code of Ethics is available now on our website. It was produced by Your Voice Advocacy, an organisation that provides independent advocacy for people with disabilities. Download 👇
Code of Ethics - Museums Association
The code provides a framework for the practical application of ethical considerations to our everyday work in museums
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News | NML to scrutinise financial networks that propped up chattel slavery Community-led project will recruit young people to research insurance system underpinning the trade in enslaved people
NML to scrutinise financial networks that propped up chattel slavery - Museums Association
Community-led project will recruit young people to research insurance system underpinning the trade in enslaved people
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News | Tourist tax comes into effect in Edinburgh Scheme aims to raise £50m annually
Tourist tax comes into effect in Edinburgh - Museums Association
Scheme aims to raise £50m annually
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Meet the MA at Conference 2026 🤝 Amidst the packed programme of sessions exploring the latest thinking and ways of working in our sector, MA Conference also offers a great opportunity to get to know us. We'll be there to discuss our core programmes, campaigns and funding opportunities with you 👇
Meet the MA at Conference 2026 - Museums Association
Discover more about our programmes and funding in small networking sessions
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News | American Alliance of Museums backs Smithsonian Institution Membership body warns recent attacks 'threaten the integrity' of American museums
American Alliance of Museums backs Smithsonian Institution - Museums Association
Membership body warns recent attacks 'threaten the integrity' of American museums
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The Anti-racist Museums Programme is now open for applications to join this year’s cohort 👥 Continuing our partnership with Talk Listen Create, we’re supporting the leadership teams of another six UK museums to progress towards becoming anti-racist organisations. Find out more and apply 👇
Anti-racist Museums Programme - Museums Association
Our cohort of museums working towards becoming anti-racist organisations
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News | New wartime espionage museum opens in London @trentparkhouse.bsky.social was requisitioned by the government as an intelligence hub during the second world war
New wartime espionage museum opens in London - Museums Association
Trent Park was requisitioned by the government as an intelligence hub during the second world war
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Q&A | ‘Building meaningful participatory projects takes time, trust and investment’ Ameneh Enayat tells us how young people played a central role in creating the Story Museum's new immersive detective exhibition
Q&A | 'Building meaningful participatory projects takes time, trust and investment' - Museums Association
Ameneh Enayat tells us how young people played a central role in creating the Story Museum's new immersive detective exhibition
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News | Cornish communities invited to shape museum redevelopment Online and in-person consultation launched to plan the future of Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
Cornish communities invited to shape museum redevelopment - Museums Association
Online and in-person consultation launched to plan the future of Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
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News | Newcastle’s Neville Hall to join North East Museums Venue will be owned by council and run by museum service
Newcastle's Neville Hall to join North East Museums - Museums Association
Venue will be owned by council and run by museum service
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News | Curator Jessica Morgan named as new Tate director Director of Dia Art Foundation in New York will take up role on 1 January 2027
Curator Jessica Morgan named as new Tate director - Museums Association
Director of Dia Art Foundation in New York will take up role on 1 January 2027
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News | Survey finds fastest growing household type wants more culture – but adults aged 35-54 with no children at home say cost is holding them back
Survey finds fastest growing household type wants more culture - Museums Association
But adults aged 35-54 with no children at home say cost is holding them back
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Opinion | Museums must avoid reducing football into a sanitised corporate spectacle ⚽ How should museums engage with the beautiful game, asks football fandom expert Josh Bland
Museums must avoid reducing football into a sanitised corporate spectacle - Museums Association
How should museums engage with the beautiful game, asks football fandom expert Josh Bland
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