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We’re pleased to welcome Conservation Resources to AIM as our newest Associate Supplier. Conservation Resources UK was established more than 30 years ago and supplies museums, gallerie…
It’s Showtown!
21/12/2020 in Awareness & Networks, Innovation & Risk
Seeking to bring together the best of museum and visitor attraction, Showtown celebrates Blackpool and its role in the development of British popular culture. We spoke to Learning and Engag…
Let’s take this outside
17/12/2020 in Innovation & Risk, Visitor Focus
With many museums forced to limit their indoor space, interpretive designers the Creative Core celebrate the joys and possibilities of outdoor interpretation for museums and visitors alike. …
What more can we do?
09/12/2020 in Leadership & Culture, Visitor Focus
Management Consultants Fourth Street highlight how responding to COVID-19 demands constant creative thinking, not least as museums are perhaps more important to our communities tha…
Steps to Sustainability – Building a Sustainable Heritage Sector – applications open
20/11/2020 in Innovation & Risk
AIM is pleased to be partnering with The Social Enterprise Academy as they open applications for their new National Lottery Heritage Fund project – Steps to Sustainability! This opport…
What will your future strategy be?
20/10/2020 in Leadership & Culture
Six months ago, everything changed fast. Coming back is proving to be slow and unsure. Each museum is having a unique experience depending on your size, location, physical space, digital capacity, …
AIM and Museums Association are working together to support the sector in accessing the Kickstart Scheme…
Apply now – AIM Collections Care Audit, Collections Care and Conservation Grants
02/09/2020 in Collections
Goal AIM h…
Hayes Parsons Insurance Brokers on assessing risk and financial viability
06/08/2020 in Finance, Innovation & Risk
Following the welcome issue of reopening advice and guidance Ben Leah, Director, Hayes Parsons Insurance Brokers highlights how museums might a…
Applications To Museums And Resilient Leadership 2020-2021 Now Open
06/11/2019 in Leadership & Culture
Described by participants as “life changing”, Museums and Resilient Leadership is a year-long programme to develop future leaders for th…
Top 10 Ways That Digital Interpretation Can Improve Your Visitor Experience
21/10/2019 in Innovation & Risk
Digital interpretation comes in a bewildering array of forms. It also has a confusing number of names; sometimes its multimedia and sometimes it’s interactive or mobile interpretation. It can be …
Have You Googled Your Museum Recently?
25/09/2019 in Innovation & Risk
If you have recently searched for your museum online, then the chances are that you have seen what Google calls a Knowledge Graph or Knowledge Graph Panel which appears as a block of information ab…