Highly recommend reading @emmahowardboyd.bsky.social piece for @museumsassociation.org on how culture can make a difference www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour... #ClimateResilience #CulturalSector
Our economies are driving inequality and devastating the environment.
#ReclaimTheEconomyWeek *26 Jan - 1 Feb* is a moment to unite to demand an economy that puts people and planet first.
Read our Provocation to the Cultural Sector shorturl.at/udL66
Find out more at reclaimtheeconomy.org
What shall we do with all this stuff?
Environmentally, financially, socially, professionally and ethically we urgently need to re-think our approach to collections and collecting. Read about our project with partners AIM, NMDC and National Trust.
happymuseumproject.org/what-shall-w...
Are you, or your museum, struggling with something you need to bring to a close, give up or pass on?
What is getting in the way, what support might enable you to move forward?
We explored these questions with partners, Tending to Endings, read more here...
happymuseumproject.org/tending-to-e...
Delighted to start 2026 by welcoming 3 new members to our Steering Group!
Say hi to the fantastic
Elaine Yeung
Becky Jefcoate FRSA
Liz Fraser-Betts
They bring fantastic experience and knowlege to the project!
happymuseumproject.org/about/who/bo...
Working together on restoration projects creates what they call “camaraderie”, a form of friendship that is grounded in doing things together, rather than in the reflection on interior feelings that has become an increasing expectation of modern intimacy. theconversation.com/heritage-rai...
Great report and new sector wide training course focused on creative health practice for the museum and heritage sector.
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News | How can museums realise the potential of creative health practice?
New research from the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance and GEM (Group for Education in Museums) highlights impact of pilot project on participants
Innovators, thinkers and leaders needed!
Our mission is to re-imagine museums for a sustainable future – by fostering wellbeing that doesn’t cost the earth.
Could you bring your unique perspective, your time and your imagination for a better future – to our Steering Group?
shorturl.at/b0ejo
Coming up next week...
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Working Together: Embedding Creative Health in Museums. Online event. An event to share the evaluation of Working Together: an 18-month Creative Health programme with 6 partner museums in England and Scotland. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-to...
Final call for this session tomorrow 👇
Really struck me recently that the children's sections of many museums are more creative, with more to learn, even for people who have a good foundation, than the adult sections
Two great new Happy Museum workshops coming up in October and November!
See below for more details and register now.
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Check out all the latest news - workshops and opportunities - from the Happy Museum and beyond.
shorturl.at/53ODK
@nmdcnews.bsky.social @ljollerhead.bsky.social @gabyporter.bsky.social @tonybutler1.bsky.social @aimuseums.bsky.social @juliesbicycle.bsky.social @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social
Innovators, thinkers and leaders needed!
Our mission is to re-imagine museums for a sustainable future – by fostering wellbeing that doesn’t cost the earth.
Could you bring your unique perspective, your time and your imagination for a better future – to our Steering Group?
shorturl.at/b0ejo
Are you, or your museum, struggling with something you need to bring to a close, give up or pass on?
What is getting in the way, what might enable you to move forward?
Join us to explore how we close, dispose and end well.
Tuesday, November 11 · 12:30 - 2pm (NEW DATE)
shorturl.at/h5Ikm
Many museums offer play for children - but how creative, experimental and playful are we in our work - as adult professionals?
Join us to explore how playful approaches might open up ideas and creativity in our organisations, and with our communities.
Tues Oct 14 · 12:30 - 2pm
shorturl.at/bir4l
Check out all the latest news - workshops and opportunities - from the Happy Museum and beyond.
shorturl.at/53ODK
Playful Approaches for Museum Teams
Join our workshop exploring how playful and imaginative approaches might open up new ideas and creativity in our work, within our organisations, and with our communities.
Tuesday, October 14 · 12:30 - 2pm
shorturl.at/bir4l
Tending to Endings
Are you, or your museum, struggling with something you need to bring to a close, give up or pass on?
Join us to explore how we close, dispose and end well with partners, Tending to Endings.
Tuesday, November 11 · 12:30 - 2pm (NEW DATE)
shorturl.at/h5Ikm
Playful Approaches for Museum Teams
Join our workshop exploring how playful and imaginative approaches might open up new ideas and creativity in our work, within our organisations, and with our communities.
Tuesday, October 14 · 12:30 - 2pm
shorturl.at/bir4l
Two great new Happy Museum workshops coming up in October and November!
See below for more details and register now.
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Images of black cards with pictures of plants/fruit/veg and terms like The Harvest, Coppicing, Fallowing - Title Tending to Endings
Are you, or your museum, struggling with something you need to bring to a close, give up or pass on?
What is getting in the way, what support might enable you to move forward?
Join us to explore endings in our museum settings.
Online - Tuesday 26th September 12.30 – 14.00
shorturl.at/HsLRL
Images of black cards with pictures of plants/fruit/veg and terms like The Harvest, Coppicing, Fallowing - Title Tending to Endings
Are you, or your museum, struggling with something you need to bring to a close, give up or pass on?
What is getting in the way, what support might enable you to move forward?
Join us to explore endings in our museum settings.
Online - Tuesday 26th September 12.30 – 14.00
shorturl.at/HsLRL
We're very much looking forward to being part of the @icomuk.bsky.social 2025 conference in just over a week with a focus on regenerative museum practice and a fantastic line-up.
You can still book in-person places and there are great value online tickets too.
For one day only! Get 10% off tickets for the 'Regenerative Museums for Sustainable Futures' Conference from ICOM UK.
A person stands in a landscape surrounded by hills. The text reads - online peer sharing - Place-Based Adaptation for Culture. Wed 19 Mar, 11:30am-1pm.
Are you working in or with the cultural sector & exploring how to build local resilience to climate change?
Join our peer-sharing session on 19 Mar to share insights & learnings with others in the sector. Spaces are limited so submit your expression of interest before 7 Mar >> tinyurl.com/yeysb6s7
📢 @dannychivers.bsky.social & @immykaur.bsky.social
join us on 4 Mar for our Board Environmental Champions session.
We'll explore finance - spending, sourcing & investing in an environmentally responsible way.
On the board of a cultural organisation? Join our free programme tinyurl.com/5x4yc3cc