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Power of Place: Midlands Museum Awards. Nominations now OPEN!

Published Date: 18/08/2025

Museum Development Midlands is thrilled to open entries for the Power of Place: Midlands Museum Awards 2025 – a celebration of the creativity, innovation and impact of museums and heritage organisations across the Midlands. These awards recognise...

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Conservation and Exhibition Grant Scheme
Published Date: 24/03/2025
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The Tru Vue Conservation and Exhibition Grant scheme supports small heritage institutions to care for their collections.

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Access for Neurodiverse Visitors and Staff
Published Date: 11/03/2025
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How well equipped is the Museum sector to include neurodiverse visitors and staff and what support may be needed?

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Art UK: Digital Skills Training for Collections programme
Published Date: 03/03/2025
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Art UK has received funding from Arts Council England to undertake a digital skills project and is seeking to recruit a cohort of 20 collections in England...

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Roadmap ELearning
Published Date: 15/01/2025
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ELearning, from Museum Development South West, which will help you understand some of the steps your museum needs to take to become a more inclusive...

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Inclusive Museums Programme
Published Date: 15/01/2025
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MDM is offering a small cohort of six museums the opportunity to access specialist expertise and support to embed equity, diversity and inclusion within...

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Collections Trust Award - Deadline extended
Published Date: 13/01/2025
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Deadline extended to Monday 20 January for the 2024 Collections Trust Award.

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ICON Care of Collection Group - Environmental Monitoring Equipment Survey
Published Date: 29/11/2024
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Please take 2 minutes to help ICON Care of Collections Group gather together data on environmental monitoring technology for their Care of Collection Group...

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Art Fund Grant Funding
Published Date: 05/11/2024
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Art Fund has announced over £1 million awarded to museums.

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Survey on Museums and Democracy
Published Date: 26/09/2024
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Newcastle University and Würzburg University are undertaking AHRC-DFG funded research project “Cultural Dynamics. Museum and Democracy in Motion” and would...

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