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The “Fan-owned” Museum
For my sins I am a Portsmouth Football Club supporter. Last month following the club’s relegation to the fourth tier in English football and having been in Administration for three years, the club was bought by its fans. Portsmouth (Pompey) … Continue reading
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A few reflections on social and tech innovation #museumnext 2013
I expect most people who got to conferences find some excuse to bunk off, check out the town, or go shopping. But I’ve just returned from Museum Next in Amsterdam. It’s the largest gathering of museum folk interested in technology … Continue reading
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Independent Museums, Financial resilience and Social impact
This missive was published in the Association of Independent Museums bulletin in February 2013 Despite profound economic challenges, it seems that the last 12 months have witnessed the most lively debates about the behaviour and purpose of museums for many years. The … Continue reading
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Why local museums should ask big questions
Last week I met with Stephen Aguillar-Millan a future consultant. He described himself as a Futurist (though I think not in the early 20th proto fascist art movement sense). His organisation the European Futures Observatory undertakes a range of projects that … Continue reading
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Museums “social and digital innovation – bedfellows too often treated separately” Reflections on Museums of Ideas event Octo
Mia Ridge’s recent post about the Museums of Ideas prompted me to finally finish this post I’ve been reflecting on the splendid Museum of Ideas event at Museum of London Docklands. Skilfully curated by Museum iD, it brought museum thinkers … Continue reading
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Museums – from Civic Institutions to participants in Civil Society
I followed with interest, last weeks debate at the Social History Curators Conference in Cardiff last week – Are visitors the new curators? Sharon Heal has since given a good account of proceedings. I agreed with ‘floor’ which rejected the … Continue reading
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Can culture help us respond if the sea keeps rising in the East
This is the text of my talk at the Festival of Transition event What if the Sea Keeps Rising held at the Museum in June One of the privileges of working in a museum is that it enables you to … Continue reading
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‘To heal sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always’ The St Audry’s Project
The Museum of East Anglian Life has just launched the St Audry’s Project, an exploration of the story of the former County Asylum in Melton Suffolk. Funded by Comic Relief, the museum is working with mental health service users to … Continue reading
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From Sweden with Happiness (from Happy Museum Project blog)
This is also available on the Happy Museum Project blog A fortnight ago I was invited to present a session about Happy Museum project at the 2012 Swedish Museums Association Conference in Gothenburg. The conference theme explored how museums could … Continue reading
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What to do about rural museums and the now
The great majority of English rural life museums were founded in the 1960s as a response to rapid mechanisation of agriculture. They reflected a profound sense of loss exacerbated by the disappearance of the old ways of working and living … Continue reading
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