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SW Museum Skills Online: Essentials in Application Writing
This free on line course on 10th & 17th June is designed to build skills in writing strong applications for funding, an essential element of running any industrial hertiage site. Over two sessions, the training will provide helpful information and tips to build skills in writing strong applications for funding – whether grants from trusts/foundations…
Museum Development North Course: ‘Getting the Word Out: An Introduction to Marketing for Museums’
This training course from Museum Development North, on the 24th June, is aimed at museum professionals in North museums who have responsibility for marketing, and should be useful for those running industrial heritage sites. It will also act as as a refresher course for more experienced museum marketing professionals who are seeking new ideas and…
Museum Development North: Introduction to AI in Museums
Museum Development North are running a free online training session on 30 April providing a short introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in museums. It is aimed at museum staff, volunteers, and trustees wishing to find out more about AI, and how their organisation might respond to these emerging technologies. The three-hour session will cover: To…
Spring Online Seminars from AIM
The spring series of online seminars from the Association of Independant Museums (AIM) are now booking. AIM run regular events for members and non-members, in-person and online, designed for those working with and for independent museums. The Spring 2026 online seminars include a number relevant to industrial heritage sites such as: The AIM Conference 2026…
Science Museum Group & RICHeS Survey – Empowering Safety
The Science Museum Group is running a Collections Hazards project, ‘Empowering Safety‘, funded by RICHeS (the UK’s Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science). The ‘Empowering Safety’ project aims to increase knowledge and guidance around hazards in museum collections through targetted training, which is especially relevant for industrial heritage sites. As part of the project…
Rural Museums Network Online Seminars
The Rural Museums Network is holding two online seminars that are open to all – free for members and a small fee for non-members. For more details follow the links below. 6 November – Collecting and studying rural protest 4 December – Rethinking the Rural Life Museum The Rural Museums Network is a registered charity,…
Register for Next London Transport Museum Heritage Skills Seminar
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…
ICON – The Instute of Conservation – Launches 4th Edition of ‘First Aid for Finds’
ICON, the Instute for Conservation, is launching the 4th edition of ‘First Aid for Finds’, the essential guide for the care of freshly excavated archaeological objects, on 15th October. The session will feature an exclusive lecture from the book’s authors, who will discuss the evolution of First Aid for Finds, highlight the key updates in…
HE Webinar on Stockton & Darlington Railway Heritage Now Available On-line
The recording of Historic England’s industrial heritage webinar looking at the various research projects undertaken as part of Stockton and Darlington Railway Heritage Action Zone is now available online. The Stockton & Darlington Railway opened on September 27, 1825, connecting places, people, communities and ideas and ultimately transforming the world. The Stockton & Darlington Railway…
Industrial Heritage Support 