There is still time (just!) to register for the next installment of the London Transport Museum’s ‘Heritage Skills Seminar’ series taking place on Thursday 30 October 2025. You can register your interest in attending in-person on the 24th October by emailing Smauel Carter at Samuel.Carter@ltmuseum.co.uk This seminar aims to bring together people working with transport…
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Report Published on Local Authority Museums Considering Different Operating Models
The Association for Independent Museums (AIM) has published a new AIM Success Guide on ‘Local Authority Museums in Wales Considering Different Operating Models’. Although written for Local Authority museums in Wales, with funding from Welsh Government, the guide is also applicable to museums in other parts of the United Kingdom. Over 15% of industrial heritage…
New Industrial Heritage Exhibitions for Summer 2025
Many industrial heritage sites have seasonal exhibitions, and amongst the offerings for summer 2025 are three new, free, temporary displays from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, National Coal Mining Museum for England, and the Silk Museum in Macclesfield. At the the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust the free exhibition for 2025 is called Different Strokes: The Local…
Collections Trust and Museum Development England National Training Programme
Collections Trust and Museum Development England have partnered for 2025/26 to pilot a brand new national programme of briefings to support your site with implementing the Spectrum Standards. Spectrum is the UK collection management standard that is also used around the world. The latest version, Spectrum 5.1, published in September 2022. This version offers revised…
National Mills Weekend 2025: Film Now Live
National Mills Weeekend, run by the wind and water mills section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), was establised 20 years ago, and for the last five years SPAB has produced a film to introduce the event. 2025’s film is now live. This year’s event runs over the weekend of the…
On Display! Improved Display and Security Museum Grants Now Open
Several Museum Development England regions are offering grants of up to £5000 to help museums improve security and display conditions of their collections and loans through the On Display! initiative. The On Display! grants are a national programme of public funding from the UK Government through Arts Council England, distributed by Museum Development providers across…
Historic England Looking for Heritage Sites to Take Part in their ‘Pilot Carbon Bookkeeping & Carbon Reduction Training’
This spring, Historic England will launch a new training programme to follow on from the successful Heritage Carbon Literacy courses. Guided by discussions and feedback from the sector, this new training will support heritage organisations to measure their carbon footprint and write a carbon reduction action plan. The aim is to help demystify what organisations…
Choosing the Right Social Media Platform for Your Industrial Museum in 2025
Choosing the right social media platform or platforms for your industrial museum or site is a big step since it affects the visibility, engagement, and impact of your site. Most industrial sites have a presence on Facebook, but deciding to join, stay, or leave a platform requires careful consideration, since some platforms are a better…
Conservation Matters in the North 24: Transferrable Skills in Conservation Conference
The Northwest Conservators Group are holding their annual conference in December on the theme of ‘Transferable Skills in Conservation’. The conference is open to all with an interest in conservation including curators, conservators, historians, students, volunteers, interns, and related disciplines such as those runnign industrial hertiage sites. A series of short talks will explore questions…
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – New eLearning Resources for the Heritage Sector
Museum Development South West have launched a free eLearning course for museums (and relevant to industrial heritage sites) across England who want to develop their understanding of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). The EDI Roadmap has been developed with expert consultants, with lived experience and EDI expertise, alongside a group of museum user testers. Through…
Industrial Heritage Support 