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Writing your Documentation Policy and Putting it into Practice.
This online session will provide an overview on writing an effective documentation policy, and putting it into practice through your Documentation Plan. Confused about the…
Coffee Chat: Museum Retail
The next Museum Coffee Chat will take place on Thursday 10th December at 2.30 - 3.30, focussing on retail opportunities in museums. This peer group…
Emergency Planning
We know that starting or updating an Emergency Plan can be overwhelming. Creating an Emergency Plan is something that can be pushed to the bottom…
Supporting Health and Wellbeing of Staff in Museums
The coronavirus pandemic and resulting restrictions have had an impact on everyone’s wellbeing, including those working in museums and heritage organisations. This webinar, in partnership…
Finding Opportunities for Local Authority-funded Museums in a Cold Climate
For those museums run or largely funded by local authorities, 2021-22 presents a challenging year in which to demonstrate your museum’s impact. Local authorities need…
Networking and Forming Partnerships Online
Online (Zoom) This short course delivered by our Museum Development Colleagues in London, will support participants to form effective partnerships and work with other organisations…
Environmental Monitoring and Control during Covid-19
Environmental monitoring and control play an important role in collections care. Many of our historic collections are susceptible to damage from incorrect or fluctuating humidity.…
Deep Cleaning during Covid-19
Covid-19 has taken a toll on museum collections. During lockdown, limited access to collections and restrictions on staff and volunteer capacity (owing to furloughing and…
Fundraising – The Case For Support
SEMDP have commissioned experienced sector support agency: ‘Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy‘ to deliver two short online courses For our South East museums covering key fundraising…
Fundraising – A Perfect Fit
SEMDP have commissioned experienced sector support agency: ‘Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy‘ to deliver two short online courses For our South East museums covering key fundraising…
Strategic Marketing Planning
This training session is part of a series of training with the Arts Marketing Association looking at a specific area of audience engagement. Sign up…
Understanding Google Analytics
This training session is part of a series of training with the Arts Marketing Association looking at a specific area of audience engagement. Sign up…
PR Demystified
This training session is part of a series of training with the Arts Marketing Association looking at a specific area of audience engagement. Sign up…
Making the Most of your social media
This training session is part of a series of training with the Arts Marketing Association looking at a specific area of audience engagement. Sign up…
Re-engaging with your audiences
This training session is part of a series of training with the Arts Marketing Association looking at a specific area of audience engagement. Sign up…
Creating Family Friendly Interactions in Museums during the New Normal
Wednesday 21 October, 10.30am-12.30pm & Thursday 22 October, 10.30am-12.30pm Ensuring interactions are friendly between people working in visitor facing museum roles and families has never…
Top tips for Impactful Organic and Paid Social Media
If you have a small or non-existent marketing budget, it’s likely that you already rely heavily on social media to promote your museum. But are…
Boosting Spend per Head : Making the Most of your Museum Shop
With reduced visitor numbers and a degree of uncertainty over the next few months, how can we maximise the spend in our museum shops? This…
Visitor Experience in the ‘New Normal’
How do museums build up public confidence in museums as places to visit (using digital engagement to build up to physical visits)? How do visitor…
Meet the Funder #1 Arts Council England
In this session we will explore the Arts Councils support for the Museums sector during the period of reset. In particular we will discuss the…
Managing People Through Uncertain Times
Whilst lockdown may be easing and the cultural sector is gradually re-opening, most museums know that the tricky times aren’t over. With unpredictable visitor numbers,…
Mentoring Museums in a Crisis
Delivery: Online, via Zoom Do you support another, smaller museum voluntarily through mentoring or are you interested in doing so in the near…
Barkcloth Basics: Interpreting and Understanding Pacific Barkcloth
The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton, Friday 17 April 2020 Time: 10h00 – 16h30 Places available: 10 The University of Glasgow’s AHRC-funded…
Conservation Basics, Isle of Wight
This event has been postponed. We hope to reschedule this alongside the next meeting of the Isle of Wight Forum Carisbrooke Castle Museum, Carisbrooke, Newport,…
Hampshire Military Museums Network
The next Hampshire Military Museums Network will be taking place on Thursday 5th March 2020 10 - 4pm. at the Army Flying Museum. You are…
Touring Exhibitions Group (TEG) Marketplace 2020
PEOPLE’S HISTORY MUSEUM, MANCHESTER 30 APRIL – 1 MAY Join colleagues nationwide for one or two days of networking and inspiration at the UK’s principal…
Care of Textile Collections
Caring for a Textile Collection, Chilcomb House, Winchester, SO23 8RB Event Date: Monday 9 March 2020 10:00 am — 1pm This half day course intends…
Alcohol Specimen Conservation Training
Training Outcomes: Participants will learn the basics of understanding the biomechanics of fluid preservation, including how to re-hydrate dried-out material., mounting specimens in jars using…
Sharing Afternoon
South East Museum Development Programme invites you to join us for a sharing afternoon on 6th February 2020. Showcasing the best projects and initiatives in…
Digital Storytelling with a Collections Focus
Digital Storytelling with a Collections Focus Friday 14 February, 10am - 4.30pm Museum of London, Docklands A partnership event between South East Museum Development, Culture24…
NHLF Large Bid Training Afternoon
YWCA, The Bridge, London This National Lottery Heritage Fund workshop is for museums looking to apply for a grant of over £250,000 through the National…
Caring for a Textile Collection, Maidstone Museum
This day course intends to be an introduction to the basics of caring for a textile (or textile-based) collection. Topics covered will include; - An…
Museum Development Forum – Berkshire, Hampshire, Solent
Location: Action Stations, Portsmouth. Join us for our annual event to find out the latest news and trends in the sub region. Don’t miss this…
Museum Volunteer Co-ordinators Forum – Tools and Tips for Better Ways of Working
Sir Daniel Gooch Theatre, STEAM, Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon This event, organised jointly by the South East & South West Museum Development…
First Annual Kent Medway Museum Conference
The first annual conference for Kent and Medway museums, organised by the Kent Medway NPO museum partnership and the South East Museum Development Programme, will…
Museum Constitutions and How to Amend Them, Crawley
Trainer Helen Harvie Date / Time Monday 2 March 2020, 1.30pm – 4.30pm Location Crawley Museum, Crawley Plan your journey http://crawleymuseums.org/crawley-museum/ Is your Museum’s constitution…
Exhibition Planning no.2: ‘Design & Installation’, The Lightbox
10.30am - 15.30pm. Arrival at 10.30am, first speaker starts at 10.45am. A light Lunch will be provided. This will be an introductory look at the…
Exhibition Planning no.2: ‘Design & Installation’, The Ashmolean
10.30am - 15.30pm. Arrival at 10.30am, first speaker starts at 10.45am. A light Lunch will be provided. This will be an introductory look at the…
Heritage Crime Forum
West Mercia Police and The Churches Conservation Trust are delighted to host guests from across the heritage and ecclesiastical sectors for their inaugural Heritage Crime…
Leading a Digitally Literate Museum
Museum of London What will be covered? Is your museum leadership team confident when it comes to digital? Are they as digitally literate as our…
Accreditation for Beginners, Huguenot Museum
Trainer Sarah Brown, Collections Trust; Kate Hebditch, SEMDP Date / Time Workshop 1: 10.30-1.00 Accreditation for beginners Could Museum Accreditation benefit my museum? Come and…
Introduction to Creative and Credible
10:30am-4:00pm Winchester Following a successful pilot project, The Centre for Arts as Wellbeing at the University of Winchester are launching a CPD Programme, Creative and…
Touring Exhibitions Group (TEG) Marketplace
M Shed, Bristol Join colleagues nationwide for one or two days of networking and inspiration at the UK’s principal touring and partnership exhibitions networking event.…
Artswork Essentials Package
London Combining three essential courses for safe working practices when working with children and young people, the 'Artswork Essentials' package is jam packed with up…
Youth Arts Management
6 1-day workshops 17th & 18th May 2018; 14th & 15th June 2018; 11th & 12th July 2018 Southampton The Course: Designed for…
A Culture of Lates: how do Museum Lates build audiences & generate income?
Culture24 is running a conference about museum after-hours events at the National Gallery in London on June 1st. ‘A Culture of Lates is aimed at…
Navigating Changing Educational Landscapes
Brighton This workshop aims to support arts and cultural organisations and practitioners to develop and build partnerships with schools. The day will focus on recent…
Energy Saving Workshop, Crawley
A Sustainable Business Partnership Event. Utilise Plus Energy Saving Workshops are practical, interactive sessions for organisations with premises, focussing on how your organisation can benefit…
Sustainability Tour of Polesden Lacey, Dorking
Join us for a Sustainability Tour of the National Trust’s stunning Polesden Lacey, to see first-hand the energy saving measures they have implemented. Delegates will be…
Kids in Museum Takeover Day 2018 – Planning & sharing Event
Where: River & Rowing Museum, Henley When: Tuesday 3 July Time: 11.00 – 15.00 Want to find out how to be part of Takeover Day 2018?…
Enterprise and Social Purpose: Heritage Regeneration in London & the South East
Cost: £16.76 – £32.93 Venue: The Gallery, Alan Baxter Ltd, 75 Cowcross Stree, London, EC1M 6EL When: 10:00 – 16:00 Working to save heritage at…
Symposium on Representing Street Parade in the Museum
Representing popular street parade in the museum - Symposium at King’s Manor, York 10 July 2018 at 12 noon to 11 July at 2pm This…
Funding for Cultural Heritage projects: Sharing & Advice afternoon
Funding for Cultural Heritage projects: Sharing & Advice afternoon Wed 11 July, 1pm – 5pm Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, CT1 2AS Are you interested in developing…
Second Arts in Health Conference and Showcase
London Aesop is partnering with the College of Medicine and Guildhall School of Music and Drama to present the second National Arts in Health Conference…
Trustee Conference 2018: Good governance, great organisations (NCVO/BWB)
Recent years have seen increased scrutiny of charities and their governance. It is essential that trustees ensure their organisation complies with the latest regulatory standards…