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Shortlisted nominees announced for the 22nd annual Museums + Heritage Awards

For the first time, the public and the museum & heritage industry will be asked to vote The shortlisted nominees have been announced for the annual …

The cafe as a visitor experience

Paul Smith of Montfort Catering highlights some innovative approaches to refreshing your catering offer. “Less and less people are going out just for a drink and there are…

Hiliaeth a gwrth-hiliaeth mewn amgueddfeydd

Cyflwyniad Yn haf 2020, achoswyd ton ysgytwad o sioc o gwmpas y byd gan lofruddiaeth hiliol George Floyd yn Unol Daleithiau America – un yn unig o restr hir o lofruddiaethau tebyg. Yn y …

Racism and anti-racism in museums

Maya Sharma, Programme Manager at Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust (AIUET) and strategic advisor on the Re:Collections programme outlines the importance of developing anti-racist approache…

Transform your visitor experience with Bloomberg Connects

The leading edge (and free) museum app For more than two decades, Bloomberg Philanthropies has been helping museums build digital tools to share their collections and exhibitions â…

Promoting localism

Colin Mulberg highlights how to make the most of connections to your local area to help tackle many of the issues facing museums. Museum and heritage venues face numerous ch…

New Year, new honours 

AIM is keen to support nominations celebrating the breadth of great work in independent museums and heritage. Honours nominations are submitted to a committee which makes decisions on awards…

Acting for the future

Dr Jenny Peachey, Senior Policy Advocate, Carnegie UK on future generations, wellbeing, and relevance. Future generations and museums  Our great-gre…

Curating for Change

In part one of a series, we caught up with Amelia Silver – Fellow – Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds and Freya Purcell – Curatorial Fellowship Assistant – Bristol Culture from t…

‘Tis the season

With the Christmas party season in full swing, Sarah Furness, partner in the employment law team at Hay & Kilner, has issued a checklist to help employers prepare …

Building a diverse board

Building a diverse board is a critical part of achieving the balance between core professional skills and broader strategic experience. Increasing non-executive diversity is a key priority …

AIM Connected Communities – first round of grants awarded

More than 15,000 people are being supported into volunteering and given opportunities to build social connections in libraries, museums, arts organisations and charities thanks to Governmen…

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