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Power of Place: Midlands Museum Awards. Nominations now OPEN!
Published Date: 18/08/2025
Museum Development Midlands is thrilled to open entries for the Power of Place: Midlands Museum Awards 2025 – a celebration of the creativity, innovation and impact of museums and heritage organisations across the Midlands. These awards recognise...
Power of Place: Midlands Museum Awards. Nominations now OPEN!
Published Date: 18/08/2025
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Museum Development Midlands is thrilled to open entries for the Power of Place: Midlands Museum Awards 2025 – a celebration of the creativity, innovation and...
Are you a museum based in the Midlands with an inspiring story to share?
Published Date: 08/07/2025
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The Museum Development Midlands (MDM) team is inviting expressions of interest from museums across the region who would like to present a case study at this...
Accreditation Mentor guidance and templates
Published Date: 01/07/2025
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We are delighted to share the newly updated Accreditation Mentor guidance and templates with our UK partners. Below, you will find information on the...
Conservation and Exhibition Grant Scheme
Published Date: 24/03/2025
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The Tru Vue Conservation and Exhibition Grant scheme supports small heritage institutions to care for their collections.
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.
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?
Art UK: Digital Skills Training for Collections programme
Published Date: 03/03/2025
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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...
Roots & Branches Programme 2025-2026
Published Date: 19/02/2025
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Roots & Branches is an award-winning environmentally-driven collaborative project between Museum Development England (MDE), The Carbon Literacy Project and...
Speaker Call Out
Published Date: 12/02/2025
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MDM is seeking Midlands museums who would be willing to present a short case study at an upcoming event exploring how museums are using their outdoor spaces
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