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Following a successful first Conservation Matters in the North conference in 2021, The Northwest Conservators Group has announced details of its next event, 'Collaboration in Conservation', which is happening on Friday 24 November 2023. The conference will see museum professionals from across the region discussing what collaboration in conservation really means. Is it a collaborative engagement project, co-production of an ...

7-9 November 2023, Newcastle-Gateshead and online  It's your last chance to book tickets for the Museums Association's hybrid annual Conference 2023, which will be held at The Glasshouse (formerly the Sage Gateshead) on 7-9 November 2023. It's also available online for remote attendees.  What to expect from Museums Association Conference 2023 Museum collections, buildings and people have the power to ...

Our next In Conversation Join us at Manchester Museum on 12th October 2023 for our nextIn Conversation event for members. The conference will also include our annual brief AGM when we will welcome new members to our board. Places are limited, so why not book today? This year’s theme is Museums - Places for Everyone and will look at museums’ ...

Join us for our next online In Conversation event for members,focusing on Co-curation & Film in MuseumsThursday 20th April 2023, 1.00 - 2.00 pm Following last year’s highly successful In Conversation on Co-Production and Working with Communities, we return to the same theme for our next online lunchtime event, this time looking at community engagement in film and audio-visual exhibits. ...

We're delighted to have re-opened our CPD Small Grants programme for individual members offering grants of up to £200. Our CPD Small Grants programme is now open for applications from individual members of the Fed, so we'd love you to apply. We have recently increased our grant amounts to up to £200 to help you access professional development opportunities, a ...

NWFed member museum Elizabeth Gaskell’s House has announced the appointment of Alex Walker as the new Chair of Trustees. Alex has over 40 years experience in the museum sector, including leading the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston, as Chair of the British Association of Friends of Museums and as a current member of the advisory panel for the ...

NWFed Board Member Claire Sleightholm reviews the afternoon sessions at our sold out event at the People's History Museum #InConversation After lunch and networking, we heard from speakers from around the region who shared their own co-production experiences.  It was a packed programme with each speaker limited to ten minutes, such was the response to the call out for case ...

Christian Baars and Pierette Squires take a look back at this recent conference by the Northwest Conservators Group which we were delighted to support. #CMNW21 After enjoying helping to coordinate the well-established ‘Conservation Matters in Wales’ for a number of years and a recent move of one of us to England, we were keen to continue the brand in the ...

NWFed Board Member Claire Sleightholm reviews our recent sold out event at the People's History Museum #InConversation In what was NWFed’s first face to face conference for a few years, we were delighted to have a sell-out event. It seems museum people are ready to get back together and share.  For many, it was the first opportunity in a while ...

People's History Museum, Manchester Join us for our next event for NWFed membersWednesday 6th July 2022, 10.00 - 4.00pm BOOK HERE At this one-day conference at the People’s History Museum (#Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022 finalist and Activist Museum 2021-22 Winner) in Manchester we will discuss the ways in which museums in the North West are working with ...

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT - LOOK OUT FOR MORE MUSEUMS BASICS EVENTS COMING SOON We're delighted to bring back our first Museum Basics: An Introduction to Object Marking and Labelling training course since 2020, which takes place at World Museum, Liverpool, on Thursday 16th June 2022, 10.30am - 12.30pm. This hands-on session provides everything you need ...

NWFed trustee, Claire Sleightholm, reviews our recent In Conversation event on the Changing Role of Museum Front of House (more…) ...