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Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · Jun 10

Conference 2025: Perthyn — Belonging 🫂

Join us in Cardiff or online on 7-9 October 📍

At a time of global political, economic, social upheaval and polarisation, we discuss how ideas of community, solidarity and friendship bring people together.

Book now: mus.ms/museums2025

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 52m

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 · 1h

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 · 2h

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 · 2h

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 · 2h

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 · 3h

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 · 3h

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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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 3h

News | Science Museum gets big cash injection – Indian vaccine firm donates money to new gallery

Science Museum gets big cash injection - Museums Association

Indian vaccine firm donates money to new gallery

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The Federation of Museums and Art Galleries of Wales @welshmuseumsfed.bsky.social · 5h

We’re here today (Wednesday 8th) at the Museums Association Conference at St Fagans Museum.

Come along to Gweithdy (11:15 am - 12:15pm) and join other members for a networking meet-up!

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 5h

If you’re enjoying Empowering voices and finding out about the Young Curators project at the Museum of Cardiff, come along to our closing party at the museum tonight to see the exhibition, Voices of Grangetown, for yourself 📍

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 6h

MOOD:

Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · 2d

I. Bloody. Love. A. Conference.
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 6h

Such a wonderful collection to explore 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Cesare Cuzzola @cesare.bsky.social · 23h

The queer tour of St Fagans was my personal highlight of the MA Conference so far! Lovely to see a PERMANENT queer display in such a prominent spot in the gallery 🩷 #Museums2025

Museum gallery called "Cymru... / Wales is..." with a display of LGBTQ+-themed objects around the theme "Wales is... proud"

Ladies of Llangollen teapot
The most famous lesbian couple in Welsh history. They often feature on Welsh costume souvenirs.

Rainbow Football v Homophobia football, signed by the Cymru Women's team, 2023

Framed photographs (most of them black-and-white) depicting Welsh everyday life. Two of them include a gay couple.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 6h

Cheers! 🍻

Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 7h

Almost time for our keynote to open day two of sessions, Solidarity in action.

Join us for a panel on responding to the rise of the far right and populist politics, drawing on observations from the United States and looking at how museums and museum workers are strategising.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 8h

Good morning and welcome to day two of MA Conference 2025! 🌻

We're back on site at St Fagans and ready to network, learn and get inspired.

If you're with us in person or online, what are you most looking forward to today?

#Museums2025

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Ailsa @starofvenus.bsky.social · 21h

Having a ‘mammoth’ time at the @museumsassociation.org Conference. Thank you to all those making it a very warm welcome to Wales.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 21h

News | Winners of Museums Change Lives Awards 2025 announced in Cardiff — Birmingham Museums Trust awarded best project for citizens' jury initiative

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Winners of Museums Change Lives Awards 2025 announced in Cardiff - Museums Association

Birmingham Museums Trust awarded best project for citizens' jury initiative

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 23h

News | MA members vote in favour of revised Code of Ethics – updated code passes at AGM in Cardiff with large majority

MA members vote in favour of revised Code of Ethics - Museums Association

Updated code passes at AGM in Cardiff with large majority

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 23h

The Museums Association's membership has voted to approve the 2025 update to the Code of Ethics 🗳️

We're pleased to announce that our members have ratified the updated code as part of the business of our AGM at this year's conference.

You can read the code on our website 👇

Draft 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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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 23h

Our biggest congratulations to the winners and our shortlisted people and projects – you blew us away and our judges were thrilled to learn about your work throughout the UK.

We'd also like to thank our wonderful awards sponsor, PLB Projects.

Read more about all the winners and nominees 👇

Museums Change Lives Awards 2025 - Museums Association

Recognising and celebrating outstanding work by UK museums delivering social impact

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 23h

And finally, your Best Museums Change Lives Project...

Birmingham Museums Trust’ Citizens’ Jury ✨

Museums Change Lives Awards 2025 Winner. Best Museums Change Lives Project. Birmingham Museums Trust. Two people sit and talk while writing in notepads

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 23h

The Best Small Museum Project for 2025 is...

@timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social’s People’s Mobile Archive ✨

Museums Change Lives Awards 2025 Winner. Best Small Museum Project. Timespan (Helmsdale Heritage and Arts Society). People listen to a reading in an outdoor community space

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 23h

The Equitable Partnership Award goes to...

Horniman Museum and Gardens with partners, creatives and young people, for their work on The Great Kingdom of Benin ✨

Museums Change Lives Awards 2025. Equitable Partnership Award. Horniman Museum and Gardens with partners, creatives and young people

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 23h

Your 2025 winner of the Radical Changemaker Award is...

Elizabeth Scott, Guildhall Art Gallery ✨

Elizabeth Scott. Radical Changemaker Award. Museums Change Lives Awards 2025

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