Development Programmes

Museum Development Midlands’ (MDM) mission is ‘To empower Midlands museums to thrive’. To meet this mission, we provide development programmes for paid employees, volunteers and trustees within Midlands museums to embed best practice and implement long term change.

MDM is running the following programmes for 2024-2025:  

• Open to All: Accessibility Audit: Closed

  The ‘Open to All: Accessibility Audit’ programme supports museums to develop effective Access Plans. MDM is offering opportunities for eight museums to receive accessibility audits and training to improve access for visitors.

• Organisational Health: Closed for intensive support programme, 1:1 surgeries available

  The Organisational Health programme supports museums to operate more effectively, increasing their long-term viability and relevance. 

• Sense of Place: Workshops open for booking, cohort programme opens in the New Year

  The Sense of Place programme will focus on how museums can form a crucial part of a place’s identity and wellbeing, and how creative practice can support audiences to enhance their sense of wellbeing by focusing on the community they are part of.

Further programmes to be announced in due course.

Scroll down to find out more about each programme.

Museum Development England (MDE) is running the following prgramme for 2024-2026:

• Roots and Branches: Open for bookings

  Roots & Branches is an award-winning, environmentally-driven collaborative project between MDE, The Carbon Literacy Project and Manchester Museum. The Programme will help to shape an environmentally aware and active sector, giving museums the tools to respond to ‘Let’s Create’, Art Council England’s 10-year strategy in which environmental responsibility is at the core.

Eligibility for all programmes:

Our programmes are open to Accredited museums or museums Working Towards Accreditation in the Midlands. Priority will be given to non-NPO and non-National museums who are Accredited or Working Towards Accreditation.