TEG is pleased to announce the launch of a new Partnership Agreement Template developed with the Cornwall Museums Partnership. This resource is designed to assist…
Resources
‘What is an EU project? Free elearning course
Online learning module 'What is an EU project?' available free of charge from STEPBYSTEP2EUROPE.NET Covers: Introduction to the EU strategy 2020 and the cultural and…
Practical Guide on Museum Collections Review and Rationalisation
Following 18 months of working together, the Peer Development Group for Museum Collections Review and Rationalisation have brought together their learning in this publication. Download…
Slides from the Keynote Speech – Hampshire Solent Open Forum 2017
Presentation slides by Ken Robinson, Chair of Tourism SE and keynote speaker for HS Open Forum 2017 at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard On 3 February 2017,…
Age UK’s Wellbeing Index Summary
Looking for evidence to support advocacy or funding applications? The Wellbeing in Later Life Index, developed by Age UK and the University of Southampton, analysed…
Materials from Volunteers in Collections Care Conference
Materials from the day conference and share event of the Peer Development Group for managing Volunteers in Collections Care held at Fort Nelson on 8th…
Materials from Museum Collections Funding Fair 2016
A day introducing funders of museum collections projects held at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth on 13th December 2016 Art Fund Presented by Emma…
Materials from SEMDP CPD Event: Mentoring and Coaching Skills December 2016
Handouts of slides Download SE_mentoring_20161208_handout.pdf... More detail of additional resources suggested during the session: Coaching For Performance by Sir John Whitmore Coaching and Mentoring by Eric…
Materials from Museum Volunteers & the Law, November 2016
Materials from the workshop held at Tudor House & Gardens in Southampton on 29 November 2016 Update from the Peer Development Group on Volunteer Management…
Materials from Conservation DIY Workshop, November 2016
Materials from the workshop held at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu on 25 November 2016 Pest Management Emily Nisbet-Hawkins, Preventative Conservation Officer for SEWS,…
Materials from WIRP Workshop: Developing International Partnerships October 2016
Materials from the workshop jointly facilitated with the Working Internationally Regional Project at the Horniman Museum and Gardens, 5 October 2016. Download event materials
Materials from Creative digital industries and museums scoping workshop November 2016
Presentation from the creative digital industries and museums event 2017 scoping workshop held at Southampton Solent University on 22 November 2016 Download DigCreatMus_20161122.pdf...
Five Ways to Wellbeing
Foresight’s ‘Mental capital and wellbeing’ project considered how to improve everyone’s mental capital and mental wellbeing through life. Evidence suggests that a small improvement in…
Inspiring Impact
Inspiring Impact is a programme that aims to change the way the UK voluntary sector thinks about impact. Inspiring Impact aims to make high quality impact…
Materials from HMMN meeting November 2016
The meeting was an event of the Hampshire Military Museums Network. Defence of the Realm update Volunteer Makers John Brunsdon from Volunteer Makers introduced the…
Sample Partnership Agreement
Example of a partnership agreement - between our fictional Bugsley Museum and the imaginary arts organisation Bugshire Arts. Can be used as a starting point…
Mind, body, spirit: How Museums Impact Health and Wellbeing
This publication reports the findings from a year-long action research project funded by Arts Council England and initiated by the Research Centre for Museums and…
Museums for Health and Wellbeing: A Preliminary Report from the National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing
Museums for Health and Wellbeing: A Preliminary Report from the National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing. This report describes the wealth of activity around…
Connecting with Culture
Connectingwithculture.com has been created by Artswork as a simple way for schools and children & young people’s organisations to connect with arts and culture. Connectingwithculture.com…
Materials from The Hampshire Big Theme cross-cultural networking event 25 October 2016
Event held at Winchester Discovery Centre on Wednesday 25 October 2016. Find out more about the event Event programme Download Agenda_BigTheme_20161025.pdf... Presentations from the event:…
Rural Touring in a Nutshell
This guide has been produced by the National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF). In it you'll find information on how rural touring schemes operate and on…
Creative & Credible: How to evaluate arts and health projects
Creative & Credible supports arts and health organisations and practitioners to: – engage with evaluation creatively – improve your practice – make well-informed spending decisions – strengthen…
Using museums to engage young people in art and design activities: toolkit for youth and community project workers from V & A Design for Life
This toolkit contains information, well-tested strategies and activities that you can use with young people in museums. The contents will help you arrange a visit…
12 Tips to Help you with Networking
No matter how often you have done it, networking can be challenging. Whether you are at the very beginning of your career in museums, have just…
The Creative Museum – Analysis of selected best practices from Europe
The Creative Museum project is a three-year international project about opening museums to meet people, to speak with each other and become inspired by the…
‘The Art of Commissioning’ Cultural Commissioning Report
The Art of Commissioning: Report published by the Cultural Commissioning Programme in April 2016 to influence commissioners to improve their commissioning and procurement approaches to enable…
Arts Commissioning Toolkit
This toolkit will help you understand and engage with commissioning. Being commissioned provides an opportunity for the arts and cultural sector to deliver contracts for…
Cultural Commissioning Resources from Know How Non Profit
The Cultural Commissioning Programme has collated a range of resources for those wanting to engage in public service commissioning and for commissioners such as local…
Background materials for study visit to rehearsals of The Imagination Museum at Milestones June 2016
To make the most of the day, please ensure that you get briefed on the context of the work by reading the information available on…
Materials from EU Funding Workshop 3
Materials from Workshop 3 of the Hampshire Solent European funding project, held at Chilcomb House on 17 May 2016. Further information about the project can be found here.…
Materials from EU Funding Workshop 2
Materials from Workshop 2 of the Hampshire Solent European funding project, held at Chilcomb House on 15 March 2016. Further information about the project can be…
Guide to European cultural networks from Creative Europe
Creative Europe supports 23 networks, covering dance, jazz, orchestras, cultural policy, performing arts, museums and more. These include European Route of Industrial Heritage, Network of European Museums…
Arts Business Models case studies: combined pack
How can museums improve their own sustainability by learning from other arts organisations’ business models? We are publishing six case studies to provide valuable learning…
Arts Business Models case study: Tobacco Factory
How can museums improve their own sustainability by learning from other arts organisations’ business models? We are publishing six case studies to provide valuable learning…
Arts Business Models case study: Multistory
How can museums improve their own sustainability by learning from other arts organisations’ business models? We are publishing six case studies to provide valuable learning…
Arts Business Models case study: Lighthouse, Brighton
How can museums improve their own sustainability by learning from other arts organisations’ business models? We are publishing six case studies to provide valuable learning…
Arts Business Models case study: Graeae Theatre Company
How can museums improve their own sustainability by learning from other arts organisations’ business models? We are publishing six case studies to provide valuable learning…
Arts Business Models case study: Battersea Arts Centre
How can museums improve their own sustainability by learning from other arts organisations’ business models? We are publishing six case studies to provide valuable learning…
Arts Business Models case study: Aspex
How can museums improve their own sustainability by learning from other arts organisations’ business models? We are publishing six case studies to provide valuable learning…
An overview of cultural business models in the South East
How can museums improve their own sustainability by learning from other arts organisations’ business models? We are publishing this report to provide valuable learning to…
Access Review Template
In 2016, Sonia Rasbery was commissioned to produce an access review template to help museums looking to improve their regular, in-house review process. Alongside this project,…
EU funding ‘top tips’
A helpful EU funding top tips guide, including key steps for accessing European funding and how to develop European project ideas successfully. Developed as part…
EU funding jargon buster
A helpful guide to terminology used in EU funding stream documentation. Developed as part of the South East Museum Development Programme's Hampshire Solent European Funding…
Touring Exhibition Group – Economics of Touring Exhibitions Resources
In April 2015 the Touring Exhibitions Group (TEG) was awarded £40,000 investment from Arts Council England’s Museum Resilience Fund, to support the delivery of a…
Share Academy
Share Academy is a partnership project between University of the Arts London (UAL), University College London (UCL) and the London Museums Group. The partnership came together…
Creative Communities Project Resources
The Connected Communities Programme led by the AHRC is a multi-million pound research programme designed to help us understand the changing nature of communities in…
Beyond the Creative Campus: Reflections on the evolving relationship
This booklet summarises and critically reflects on discussions and ideas emerging from a two year research network project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research…
Connected Communities Heritage Network (CCHN)
Connected Communities Heritage Network (CCHN) founded in 2013 at De Montfort University in Leicester is funded by the AHRC to provide a forum and support…
Partnership Working in the Arts and Humanities: A Guide to Good Practice
This good practice guide is for use by both arts and humanities researchers and potential user communities (for example businesses, social enterprises, policy organisations) who…
The Art of Partnering
The Art of Partnering is the final report of a Cultural Enquiry conducted by King's College London in collaboration with the BBC, which explored the role partnership…
Where can I find European project partners?
Resources and tools to help you to find EU partners for your museum's international work. Find a Partner from Creative Europe: partner search portal plus ideas…
Update on Action Hampshire Membership Resources
Update on Action Hampshire Membership Resources Action Hampshire is a local charity that supports not for profit organisations, to make Hampshire and Portsmouth better places to…
What Works Centre for Wellbeing
Together with the Economic and Social Research Council and Public Health England, the government is funding a What Works centre dedicated to understanding what national…
Age of Creativity
Age of Creativity is a national platform for everyone who believes that creativity can support older people to enjoy better health, wellbeing, and quality of…
Arts for health and wellbeing: an evaluation framework
This document from Public Health England provides effective ways to document and evaluate arts projects and programmes that seek to improve health and wellbeing. Arts…
National Alliance for Museums Health and Wellbeing
The National Alliance for Museums, Health & Wellbeing is a place where information about museums and health can be shared; to improve existing practice, help…
Effective Management of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) from Museum Development Yorkshire
Introduction The effective management of Intellectual Property Rights and of other cultural assets, such as collections, staff expertise, locations and facilities, are hugely important to…
Emergency Planning in Museums – learning from the Clanden Fire; Surrey History Centre on Friday 12th February 2016.
Programme of the Day Download Emergency_Planning_in_Museums_Final_timetable.doc... Emergency Plans and the Accreditation requirements Elaine Sansom, Museum Development Officer, Surrey and Sussex Download Emergency_Planning_and_Accreditation_presentation_.pdf... Learning from the…
Materials from Successful bid writing and sources of grants for museums
Materials from the Successful bid writing and sources of grants for museums event held on the 5th February 2016. This event was aimed at staff…
Materials from Hampshire Solent Museums Open Forum 2016
Materials from Hampshire Solent Museums Open Forum held at Milestones Museum in Basingstoke on 1 February 2016. Slides of the presentation by Bernard Donoghue, Director…
Share Academy: Guidance on Planning and Managing Projects
This download from the Share Academy project aims to provide museum professionals and university academics with guidance on how to project manage museum-Higher Education collaborations. The guidance…
Share Academy: Guidance on developing a Memorandum of Understanding
This download from the Share Academy project aims to provide museum professionals and university academics with guidance on how to develop a Memorandum of Understanding as a…
How to Plan a Collaborative Project… in four easy steps
This short guide from the Share Academy project aims to provide museum professionals and university academics with tips for planning a collaborative project across the sectors.…
Initiating Cross-Sector Partnerships… in four easy steps
This short guide from the Share Academy project aims to provide museum professionals and university academics with tips for initiating cross-sector partnerships. From finding the…
Materials from All Together Now! Community Engagement Seminar
Materials from the community engagement seminar "All Together Now!" held at Bursledon Brickworks on 4 December 2015 Museum Presentations Presentation by Andrea Mercer "Re:make Derby…
Materials from EU Funding Workshop 1
Materials from Workshop 1 of the Hampshire Solent European funding project, held at Westgate Hall Southampton on 17 November 2015. Further information about the project…
Archive of Historic England Research Publications
The South Region Conservation Network, which brings together conservation professionals from across the region, recently drew attention to the wealth of resources available from the…
Materials from Visitor Services in Military Museums seminar hosted by the HMMN, November 2015
Outline of the day Shining a spotlight on the distinctive opportunities and challenges of providing an excellent visitor experience in military museums, including welcoming visitors and…
First hand account of Accreditation Assessment
Part 1: Ever worried about the prospect of an Accreditation verification visit? Morwenna Rae, Curator at Dr Johnson’s House, London, reflects on her recent experience…
Business Model Generation: Preview
'Business Model Generation' by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur is a handbook for anyone striving to improve a business model — or craft a new…
Video: Mary Rose Museum/Vasa Museum Peer Review Trip April 2015
This video diary was produced by the Mary Rose Trust as part of 2015 project funded by the South East Museum Development Programme with the…
Materials from The Hampshire Big Theme cross-cultural networking event 21 October 2015
Event held at Winchester Discovery Centre on Wednesday 21 October 2015. Find out more about the event Event programme Download Agenda_BigTheme_20151021.pdf... Presentations from the event:…
International Peer Learning and Review Toolkit: Template and Guidance
A peer review is where one organisation looks at and comments on another similar organisation to give it ideas for improvement. Peer Reviewers usually come…
Materials from SEMDP CPD Event: Mentoring and Coaching Skills October 2015
Participants at the event developing mentoring skills together: Sarah Menary, Museum Development Officer for Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire; Susan Lindsay, Curator of the Museum of…
Dance & Museums Working Together Symposium Report
Report from a symposium held by The Horniman Museum and Gardens and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance in November 2014, funded by Arts…
Creative Europe Desk UK
Creative Europe Desk UK promotes awareness and understanding of Creative Europe, the European Union's programme to support the cultural, creative and audiovisual sectors. From 2014-2020,…
Materials from Young Roots Briefing
Presentations from the 'HLF Young Roots Briefing' on Thursday 17 September 2015 at Quay Arts in Newport, Isle of Wight Download HLF_Young_Roots_Briefing_17_Sept.pdf... Download HCT_ENTRENCHED.pdf... More…
Materials from ‘Peer Development Groups’ launch September 2015
Outline of the day Discussing peer development ideas for the next six months An opportunity for each of the three peer development groups to meet,…
International Tourism Toolkit
In 2015 the British Council published an International Tourism Toolkit for UK museums. This toolkit is the result of a project aimed at increasing the sustainability…
Materials from ‘Improve your Museum, Save Time and Money with Lean Systems Thinking’
Workshop held at Milestones Museum, Basingstoke on 2 March 2015. Participants learned how to improve the way they do things through an interactive and entertaining…
Materials from Funding for Young People focused projects briefing
Presentations from the 'Funding for Young People focused projects briefing event on Wednesday 1st July at Dover Museum, given by Heritage Lottery Fund and Artswork to…
Materials from ‘Getting to Grips with Audience Data’
Outline of the day Tackling shared audience data challenges Seminar held at National Motor Museum, Beaulieu on 8 July 2015. Participants learned from case studies…
Background to digital cultural learning in the UK
Research report carried out by Flow Research on behalf of Artswork, the South East Bridge organisation. Their role as evaluators for the Extending Digital Practice…
How teachers find and use online resources
An Arts Council England report on 'How teachers find and use online resources' by Matt Locke, Chris Unitt & Eylan Ezekial www.Storythings.com. How teachers find and use…
Materials from Museums and Student Volunteers
University of Kent contacts Prof. Kenneth Fincham, Head of School, School of History, history@kent.ac.uk Jon Beer, Student Office Manager, School of History, J.Beer@kent.ac.uk Dr Zoë Denness, Research Centre Manager, Gateways…
Materials from ‘How to submit a good ACE Museum resilience fund application’
Materials from the workshop at Portsmouth City Museum on 9 June 2015. At this interactive workshop, expert Mary Godwin, Arts Council England’s Relationship Manager Museums…
Cultural Education Profile tool from Arts Council England
The Cultural Education Profile tool on the Arts Council England website is designed to provide organisations with easy access to a wide variety of data…
Top Tips for Reviewing Security – Alf Longhust, 2015
A museum seeking Arts Council England Accreditation must obtain security advice for stored and exhibited collections at least every five years, and earlier, if needed. …
Evaluation Planning Toolkit
Evaluation is a way to help you understand and show others whether your work has met or exceeded your expectations. Evaluation planning should be built…
Volunteer Management Toolkit
This toolkit published by Essex Museum Development and prepared for them in 2015 by Pippa Smith of Handling the Past, provides guidance and templates to…
Legal Issues and Volunteering: Sources of Information
This briefing published by the South West Museum Development Partnership and prepared for them in 2013 by Felicity Dwyer and Maggie Piazza of Stepping Up…
Online Museum Training: Photographing Collection Items
This training video from Museums Australia Victoria demonstrates ways in which you can use basic equipment to photograph your collection items for documentation and digitisation…
Online Museum Training: Creating a Small Exhibition
Creating a small themed exhibition is a great way to showcase a particular story from your collection without having to rethink your permanent exhibition space.…
Materials from Hampshire Military Museums Network seminar: ‘Volunteering in Military Museums’
Materials from the Hampshire Military Museums Network seminar 'Volunteering in Military Museums' Wednesday 20 May 2015 at the Gurkha Museum. Agenda Agenda Mary Rose Museum…
Materials from Funding from the Crowd: Battersea Arts Centre Fire to The Burial of Richard III
Materials from 'Funding from the Crowd: Battersea Arts Centre Fire to The Burial of Richard III' Thursday 28 May 2015 at Winchester Discovery Centre. This…
The Charity Forum
Southampton-based law firm Paris Smith has developed a free-to-join forum to champion the free exchange of information and ideas between chief executives and trustees of…
Insurance for Museums
MLA good practice guidance booklet on insuring museums. Published 2004. Covers: The Insurance Market; Risk Management; Insurance and Risk Management; Different Ways of Insuring; Understanding…
UCL Collections Review Toolkit
This toolkit has been put together as a practical guide to help you review your museum collection. It documents the Collections Review process carried out…
Disposal from Museum Collections toolkit and guidance 2014
An updated Disposal Toolkit has been published by the Museums Association and the UK Accreditation partnership: Arts Council England, CyMAL: a division of the Welsh…
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