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Apply Now - Green Narratives Programme

Published Date: 14/04/2025

MDM is offering a small cohort of four museums the opportunity to identify, research and reinterpret objects from their collection to produce a new display that engages audiences with the Earth crisis or previously untold environmental stories.

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Conservation and Exhibition Grant Scheme
Published Date: 24/03/2025

The Tru Vue Conservation and Exhibition Grant scheme supports small heritage institutions to care for their collections.

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Apply Now - Sense of Place Programme
Published Date: 17/03/2025
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MDM is offering a small cohort of six museums the opportunity of a programme of support to develop and embed sense of place approaches to community engagement.

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Access for Neurodiverse Visitors and Staff
Published Date: 11/03/2025
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How well equipped is the Museum sector to include neurodiverse visitors and staff and what support may be needed?

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Art UK: Digital Skills Training for Collections programme
Published Date: 03/03/2025

Art UK has received funding from Arts Council England to undertake a digital skills project and is seeking to recruit a cohort of 20 collections in England...

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Are you Data Cautious, Data Curious or Data Confident?
Published Date: 12/02/2025
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Help shape our new Data Programme by telling us your current awareness, use, and experience of accessing a range of data resources and applications.

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Art Fund Grant Funding
Published Date: 05/11/2024
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Art Fund has announced over £1 million awarded to museums.

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Tender Opportunity: Green Narratives programme
Published Date: 04/11/2024
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Museum Development Midlands (MDM) is inviting quotes from consultants to develop and deliver a new Green Narratives programme in 2025 and 2026.

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Sense of Place Programme Announced
Published Date: 05/08/2024
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Be inspired to connect your offer more closely to your local communities in new ways.

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Arts Council England Relaunches Designation Scheme
Published Date: 22/07/2024
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Arts Council England has re-opened the Designation Scheme to highlight the quality of outstanding regional museums.

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