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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 2d

News | Oxford’s History of Science Museum announces revamp – museum receives planning and Listed building consent for project

Oxford’s History of Science Museum announces revamp - Museums Association

Museum receives planning and Listed building consent for project

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 2d

Well, our day of tours around Cardiff and South Wales has now finished! Thanks for sticking around with us and we hope you enjoyed making the most of our final day in this wonderful city.

Safe travels home, everyone 👋

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Delegates explore the library at National Museum Cardiff

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 2d

Perthyn — Belonging at the Museum of Cardiff 🫂

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A person takes a picture of a wall of testimonies about what perthyn/belonging means to people in Cardiff

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 2d

Taking a look at the studio lab #Museums2025

A variety of small rock samples with their documentation cards

People gather around a work bench in a museum lab space

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 2d

Fancy stopping by the pub? #Museums2025

Walking tour attendees gather outside a pub in Cardiff

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

Waiting for our underground tour at Big Pit National Coal Museum 🔦

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A group of people sits across benches in a tiled waiting area at Big Pit National Coal Museum

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

News | Royal Academy of Arts expands collection galleries – anonymous donor backs gallery’s free-to-visit spaces

Royal Academy of Arts expands collection galleries - Museums Association

Anonymous donor backs gallery’s free-to-visit spaces

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

Starting our walking tour around Cardiff with @thewallich.bsky.social 🥾

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People gather around a statue in central Cardiff while a man stands to speak to the group

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

Behind the scenes at National Museum Cardiff with Karen Harris, who installed the original mammoth at the discovery in Shropshire 📍

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Karen Harris sits in a wheelchair and gestures towards a woolly mammoth statue at National Museum Cardiff

A crowd of conference delegates assembles outside the entrance pillars at National Museum Cardiff

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

Got time for a tour? #Museums2025 🗺️

Whether you’re joining us in Cardiff today or not, take a few minutes to watch our newly commissioned video tour of St Fagans which premiered at the start of this year’s conference.

Sit back and let your guide Gareth show you around 👇

MA Conference 2025: Virtual tour of St Fagans

YouTube video by Museums Association

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Cesare Cuzzola @cesare.bsky.social · 3d

Having the conference in a heritage venue gave it so much character! Kudos to all the staff at St Fagans for the extra logistical effort required to pull this off!

Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

That’s a wrap on sessions at St Fagans for #Museums2025! 🎬

We’ve had a wonderful two days on-site with you, discussing how community, solidarity and friendship can bring people together at a time of uncertainty and division.

Sain Ffagan sign at the entrance to St Fagans National Museum of History

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

One last message on #Museums2025 for the evening: please get in touch if this is your lost property!

A colourful scarf and a floral metal water bottle

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

If you’re already getting excited about next year’s big catch-up, save the date: we’ll be landing at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre/Library of Birmingham on 2-5 November 2026. We already know it’ll be worth the wait!

Thanks again everybody — we’ll see you next time 👋

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

We’d like to extend a huge thank you to our speakers, supporters, conference panel, staff, trustees, reps, volunteers, everyone at Amgueddfa Cymru, our conference host O’Molemo Thamae, the fabulous museums here in South Wales and, of course, to our delegates.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

And don't forget that this isn’t the end of #Museums2025! We’ve got a packed day of tours for in-person delegates tomorrow – check the app or our website to see what’s on. Some tours are fully booked, but the rest are first come, first served.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

If you’re staying in the city this evening, don’t forget about our closing party at the Museum of Cardiff at 6.30pm – coaches are leaving now to take you back to the city centre. If you’re heading home but your train isn't until later, the party is only a 9-minute walk from Cardiff Central station.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

And what a backdrop! St Fagans, with its radical roots, has been the perfect place to convene and have these conversations. We hope you’ve enjoyed exploring the site as much as we have, and that it gave you what you needed – whether that’s a spark of inspiration or space to think among the trees.

Trees, sheep and a historic house at St Fagans

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

That’s a wrap on sessions at St Fagans for #Museums2025! 🎬

We’ve had a wonderful two days on-site with you, discussing how community, solidarity and friendship can bring people together at a time of uncertainty and division.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

With so much social, political and economic upheaval, what are the key challenges facing museums and galleries in 21st-century Britain?

It’s almost time for our final session! Join us in the Atrium now to reflect on this year’s conference and look ahead to what’s next.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

Low pay in the museum sector has a detrimental impact on workforce attraction, retention and wellbeing.

Led by @tamsincrussell.bsky.social, we’ll be exploring how to redress poor pay and implement more equitable pay policies in our next session in the lecture theatre at 3.20pm 💷

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Pay in museums - Museums Association

Read the 2024 update of our Salary Research and Recommendations to address low sector pay

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

News | Heritage Fund awards £9.7m towards Royal Observatory transformation – capital project will create new courtyard, entrance pavilion and interactive astronomy galleries

Heritage Fund awards £9.7m towards Royal Observatory transformation - Museums Association

Capital project will create new courtyard, entrance pavilion and interactive astronomy galleries

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

Our Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund, funded by the Julia Rausing Trust, supports the development of groundbreaking health and wellbeing programmes in UK museums.

If you want to hear about some of the nine projects recently awarded grants, head to Stiwdio 3 at 3.00pm 🌱

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Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund: meet the grantees - Museums Association

Nine museums have been awarded grants to develop and continue their groundbreaking health and wellbeing programmes

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

News | New digital image library for Amgueddfa Cymru – more than 2,000 images newly available in public domain

New digital image library for Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales - Museums Association

More than 2,000 images newly available in public domain

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

News | Museum Renewal Fund grants go to 75 civic museums – government invests £20m to support and protect local institutions across England

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Museum Renewal Fund grants go to 75 civic museums - Museums Association

Government invests £20m to support and protect local institutions across England

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3d

Has your interest been piqued by the vote to approve the updated Code of Ethics at our AGM yesterday?

Come to 'The new Code of Ethics for Museums: an aspirational approach' in the temporary exhibition space at 1.45pm to find out more about the new code in an interactive, reflective workshop ⚖️

Code of Ethics 2025 - Museums Association

The code provides a framework for the practical application of ethical considerations to our everyday work in museums

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