Join us for the NWFed Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2024 between 9.30am-4pm on Thursday 17 October at The World of Glass in St Helens, Merseyside. This year’s conference theme is Advocating for and through museums and with a range of talks and presentations, we’ll be exploring questions like: How do we advocate for museums and galleries, and the important role they ...

Advocating for and through museums On Thursday 17 October 2024 we will be hosting the NWFed 2024 Annual General Meeting and Conference at The World of Glass in St Helens, Merseyside. This year’s theme is Advocating for and through museums. With a range of talks we want to explore questions like: How do we advocate for museums and galleries, and the ...

Our Chair, Helen Fairs, shares some updates from the NWFed board, including changes to the team, what we've been up to in recent months and tweaks to our small grants scheme. It was October last year at our Annual General Meeting that I started my role as Chair of NWFed, which equally feels like just yesterday and a long time ...

NWFed Board Member, Eleanor, reviews our recent In Conversation event at Manchester Museum As well as being a wonderful opportunity to meet and connect with other museum professionals from across the North West, and hear about some incredible projects that have been happening in our region, NWFed’s ‘In Conversation: Museums – Places for Everyone event’ on Thursday 12 October 2023 ...

Following a successful first Conservation Matters in the North conference in 2021, The Northwest Conservators Group has announced details of its next event, 'Collaboration in Conservation', which is happening on Friday 24 November 2023. The conference will see museum professionals from across the region discussing what collaboration in conservation really means. Is it a collaborative engagement project, co-production of an ...

7-9 November 2023, Newcastle-Gateshead and online  It's your last chance to book tickets for the Museums Association's hybrid annual Conference 2023, which will be held at The Glasshouse (formerly the Sage Gateshead) on 7-9 November 2023. It's also available online for remote attendees.  What to expect from Museums Association Conference 2023 Museum collections, buildings and people have the power to ...