This year’s ICOM UK Conference will take place on 1 and 2 May 2025 in Liverpool. The theme of the event is ‘Regenerative Museums for Sustainable Futures’ and will run across two days: Day one: lectures, panel discussions and an evening reception. Day two: workshops, guided city tours, and guided museum tours. For the first time, ICOM is offering a ...

1-3pm on Thursday 27 March 2025 at the Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EL. Join Mindful Museums consultant, Louise Thompson, for an introduction to mindfulness practice in the incredible Walker Art Gallery. Louise will share how mindfulness can support health and wellbeing and how it can be applied to engaging with art and cultural collections. She will ...

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 ...

Following the sad closure of the Yorkshire Fed earlier this year, we would like to encourage anyone from the North who feels they would benefit from taking part in our online and face-to-face events and training - like In Conversation and Museum Basics, as well as other national and regional networking opportunities - to join us. As an individual member, you can also apply for small ...

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 ...

NWFed Board Member, Jess, reviews our recent online In Conversation event about emergency planning. Our first In Conversation event of 2024 kicked off with the subject of emergency planning. We were very grateful to have two talented and experienced speakers - Pierrette Squires from Bolton Museum and Emma Dadson from Harwell Restoration. Both Pierrette and Emma were hugely insightful about ...

Online In Conversation Event 1-2pm, Thursday 1 February 2024 Museum Development North West’s recent report into museum emergency networks and support across our region identified that risks are increasing, especially due to climate change, from water, pests, and mould. The report also highlighted that the levels of emergency preparedness in our museums varies greatly. Our next online In Conversation event ...