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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · 4d

⚡️Lightning talk announcement: “Tech It To The Next Level: Enhancing Experiences and Driving Growth”

The Design Museum’s Josephine Chanter joins us on the 5th December to talk strategy, innovation, and engagement #MuseTech25

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · 15d

Why do projects fail? @ashliparmann.bsky.social joins us at #Musetech25 for the talk 'Beyond the Promise: what digital failures reveal about the cultural sector’s readiness for change'.

Buy tickets and see the conference programme on our website: museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · 22d

Have you booked your ticket for #Musetech25 yet?

Alison Bean, Website Product Manager at The British Museum will be speaking about accessibility and how to make it easier for disabled and neurodivergent visitors to plan a visit to your museum

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MCG Museums+Tech 2025 — Seize the Tech! - Museums Computer Group

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · 24d

At #MuseTech25 Graeme Ellis from Science Museum Group and Katie Moffat from Substrakt will be speaking about empowering audiences, easing operations:

How the Science Museum transformed group bookings across five museums

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · 29d

It's 12 weeks until #MuseTech25 and we'd like to say a huge thank you to our hosts Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum.

Buy tickets and see the conference programme on our website

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · Sep 10

#MuseTech25 Keynote: FOMO is not a strategy!

Rachel Coldicutt OBE, Executive Director of Careful Industries, will explore practical methods for combining curiosity with inventiveness while putting people and planet first.

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@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · Sep 5

We'd like to say a big thank you our conference sponsors this year, Numiko and Manifesto.

We'd also like to say thank you to everyone who has bought an earlybird ticket to #MuseTech25 so far, there's only a very small amount remaining!

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy September!

We are excited to announce the programme for our conference this year, 'Seize The Tech' at The ThinkTank in Birmingham on 5 December.

🎟️A small amount of Earlybird tickets are available, visit our website for full details

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · Jun 17

Less than a week to submit a proposal for #MuseTech25

Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · May 29

Would you like to speak at our conference?

This year we're returning to the ThinkTank in Birmingham on 5 December

Seize the tech! Is the #MuseTech25 theme. To find out more and submit a proposal visit our website 👇

museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...

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mia @miaout.bsky.social · May 29

Always an excellent conference, and a welcoming, constructive community! (Sadly I have a clash and can't go 😭 )

Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · May 29

Would you like to speak at our conference?

This year we're returning to the ThinkTank in Birmingham on 5 December

Seize the tech! Is the #MuseTech25 theme. To find out more and submit a proposal visit our website 👇

museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · May 29

Would you like to speak at our conference?

This year we're returning to the ThinkTank in Birmingham on 5 December

Seize the tech! Is the #MuseTech25 theme. To find out more and submit a proposal visit our website 👇

museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · May 18

Happy #InternationalMuseumDay

📢 The perfect time to announce our annual conference!

🏛️Museums+Tech 2025 will be returning to the ThinkTank in Birmingham on Friday 5 December.

💻'Seize The Tech!' is the theme and we're on the look out for speakers 👇

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MCG Museums+Tech 2025 — Seize the Tech! - Museums Computer Group

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · May 14

And our survey said....

One of the current discussions on the MCG List is about web surveys. What platform are you using?

If you haven't already, join the Museums Computer Group discussion list 👇

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · Mar 21

Congratulations to all the Digital Culture Network award winners!

That's our lunchtime reading sorted today....https://digitalculturenetwork.org.uk/news/announcing-the-2025-digital-culture-awards-winners

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · Mar 20

Last week we had our first in person Museums Computer Group committee meeting of the year at The British Library - we forgot to take photos but we did start making plans for the #MuseTech25 conference. Lots more details to follow!

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · Mar 14

Happy Pi Day!

Raspberry Pi has been a recent conversation on the MCG list. Join in the discussion 👇

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thank you! Yes there's no such thing as a silly question (well, within reason!) on the MCG discussion list.

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · Mar 11

One of the talking points on the MCG list at the moment is around digital strategy.

What one piece of advice would you give to those currently thinking about digital strategy?

Join the free discussion list and take part in the conversation

museumscomputergroup.org.uk/join/mcg-com... #MuseTech

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · Mar 11

To join, you just need to subscribe to our JISCMail, and start posting to the list by sending emails to [email protected]. Your message will then be distributed to our community.

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Join the MCG community discussion list - Museums Computer Group

Subscribe to the MCG list and gain access to a vast network of professionals who work with digital technologies within museums and heritage sector.

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Museums Computer Group @ukmcg.bsky.social · Mar 11

Good morning! If you're following us you're probably aware of the MCG discussion list: it's an active email-based community with over 1,700 members. It’s a lively and supportive forum for a diverse group of professionals from museums, galleries, cultural heritage, higher education etc 👇

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Lee Probert @leeprobert.bsky.social · Dec 7

@ukmcg.bsky.social had a great day at the #musetech24 conference yesterday. And the ThinkTank in Birmingham was a wonderful venue.

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Georgie Burgess @gburge.bsky.social · Dec 6

Thanks @ukmcg.bsky.social for an awesome day. I’ve left feeling hopeful and truly inspired! #MuseTech2024

(Special mention to this gorgeous chocolate torte) 👌🏼

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Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · Dec 6

#MuseTech24

Simon Tanner @s-tanner.bsky.social · Dec 6

My presentation at today's Museum Computer Group (@ukmcg)’s #MuseTech24 conference is available here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1wp5a...

SimonTanner_Mus+Tech2024.pdf

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Liz McCarthy @lizrosemccarthy.bsky.social · Dec 6

Right, plunging in here instead of lurking after all the #musetech24 chat today. Lovely to see so many of the old museum Twitter crowd connecting here 😊

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Arran Rees @arranjrees.bsky.social · Dec 6

Breaking my year-long silence here to say hi @ukmcg.bsky.social - fascinating conference with lots to think about on centring user / people’s needs and motivations in digital projects. #MuseTech24

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