(NAME-MCE) Announcement: New Audio CD - Museums | Inclusion | Engagement

[Graeme Farnell]

In December, we held a conference in London entitled Museums | Inclusion |
Engagement. It turned out to be a unique sharing of experience between
leading museum professionals and an influential international audience.
Delegates’ response to the event was outstandingly positive. So much so that
we’ve decided to make the content internationally available by releasing it
as the first in a new CD Collection.

Here’s what delegates said who experienced the event:
• excellent and inspiring speakers with a wide range of expertise
• information on the long-term impact of projects was particularly valuable
• the very clear session on evaluation was particularly pertinent
• very interesting to hear the radical approach to putting the power of
interpretation in the hands of the community
• the speakers talked honestly around the challenges they face
• a real variety of experiences and approaches - both interesting and useful
• enjoyed learning from other's experiences - reassuring and inspiring for
my work

The Museums | Inclusion | Engagement CD includes audio recordings,
Powerpoint presentations and films - around five hours of practical
information to help your museum engage with and meaningfully involve your
diverse communities. The presentations include some of the most successful
and advanced experience in this field currently available anywhere.

The CD contains these stimulating, thought-provoking presentations and
world-class experience:
• Lucie Fitton, Inclusion Officer, Museum of London: Keep Up The Good Work?
Exploring the Long-Term Impact of Social Inclusion Initiatives.
• Gurdeep Thiara, Outreach Officer and Tim Manley, Head of Marketing &
Audience Development, Manchester Museum: The Virtuous Circle: Community
Engagement at the Manchester Museum.
• Liz Puddick, Learning Manager, London Transport Museum: How To Involve the
Communities You Serve In All You Do In Your Museum.
• Eithne Nightingale, Head of Diversity Strategy, V&A: Drivers for Change -
Capacity Building and Cultural Ownership.
• Laura Phillips, Community Partnerships Manager and Dr Emma Poulter,
Talking Objects Manager, British Museum: Working With New Audiences at the
British Museum.
• Alison James and Nicky Boyd, Museum Consultants (Audiences): Community
Engagement: Evaluating the Impact.
• Alison Lightbown, Head of Learning & Education, Geffrye Museum: An Ageing
Society - Learning, Engagement and Participation in Museums for the Over
50s.
• Mark Miller, Curator Youth Programmes, Tate Britain: Practice, Reflection
and Pathways.
• Alice Fox, Course Leader, Inclusive Arts Practice, University of Brighton:
Smudged Performance - Using Collections to Collaborate Artistically with
People with Learning Disabilities.
• Steph Parmee, Museum Project Officer, Suffolk County Council Heritage:
Making Time for Everyone - Museum Clubs for Adults with Learning
Disabilities.

Studying the material, and sharing it with colleagues, users will discover:
• how to evaluate the short- and long-term impact of your projects
• how to reaching the most excluded groups or individuals
• how to prioritise your work among the various communities
• how to use new community-based communication media
• how to build the right organisational structure to deliver effective
programmes
• how to involve the communities you serve in everything you do in your
museum what can be learnt from the experience of other sectors working in
these fields
• how to obtain sustainable, ongoing funding to support long-term programmes
which make a difference.

We’re making available an initial 250 copies at the reduced rate of just £77
(official rate £97) until 31 January - or until they're sold out.

To secure your copy please visit: www.museumsetc.com/?p=2023

Graeme Farnell
MuseumsEtc