Museums face growing competition from ‘slick’ digital experiences.
Report examines how cultural attractions can close the audience engagement gap amid slow post-pandemic recovery.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/11/museums-face-growing-competition-from-slick-digital-experiences/ #globalmuseum #museums #museumsassociation
Editorial | Being inclusive is what we do.
With equality, diversity and inclusion under attack, we need to hold firm, writes Simon Stephens
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/opinion/2025/08/editorial-being-inclusive-is-what-we-do/# #globalmuseum #museums #museumsassociation
Another #MuseumsAssociation plug today: the MA has launched a #freelancer hub!
It contains some brilliant resources on working with #freelancers, managing your well-being when you work for yourself, and how to get started with #freelancing.
It looks great, and I don't just say that because I'm in the Q&A section (honest!).
Choo choo! 🚄 I'm on my way to the #MuseumsAssociation conference in #Leeds today.
The theme of the conference is 'The Joy of Museums' which I think is just lovely. Don't we all need a little more joy in our lives?
If anyone else is going, give me a shout. I'd love to say hi in person!
📢 Museums Association offering FREE inclusive places for #freelancing event 👏
If you're a professional body or similar out there: this is how you do inclusivity! Offer free places like this, and make the application process super easy. This is the way.
I'm not personally planning on attending this one, but it looks lovely. The deadline for applying is the 4th.
Full programme + how to get a FREE space here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/events/go-your-own-way-successful-freelancing-in-museums/
Museums Association Conference 2024: The Joy of Museums
12-14 November 2024, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds and online
Our hybrid annual Conference is also available online for remote attendees.
This year’s conference is celebrating the innovation, inventiveness and creativity that make our museums such incredible places.
Museums continue to deliver transformative experiences that have a deep and lasting impact on people’s lives.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/events/conference-2024/ #museums #MuseumsAssociation
I couldn't make it to Cardiff for today's #MuseumsAssociation meetup in Wales but I've got a great excuse: it's Waffle. He needed me.
So Waffle and I are attending #MAWales online instead. He's already been on camera once!
📰 Hampshire Cultural Trust ‘gamifies’ collections auditing
I actually think this is a genius move. Not everything should be a competition or a game, true, but the kind of work these volunteers are doing is pretty thankless at the best of times. Incentives are a nice thing and I just thought this was really refreshing!
Also I love the team names Data Hunters and Story Gatherers SO much.
Full read here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2024/02/hampshire-cultural-trust-gamifies-collections-auditing/
Our favourite #conservation agony aunt Jane Henderson has her very own episode on the #MuseumsAssociation #podcast Radical Museums: Sharon and Jane discuss the power of museums and their collections, the joys of #Cardiff, approaches to culture in #Wales, tackling racism in Wales, and the challenges of working in #museums today.
Listen here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/watch-and-listen/radical-museums-s2e2/
Global Museum
Jenny Mathiasson
The C Word Podcast