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LGBTQ Education Skills Share
Join GEM and Jack Shoulder to discuss finding, sharing and engaging people with LGBTQ+ objects in your museum’s collection from 15.00-17.00 on Thursday 18 June.
Joint statement of intent for the heritage sector
The Black Lives Matter movement began in America after a series of killings of black people in or following police custody. The movement has resonance in the UK, not least because of our nation’s history in which racism has become entrenched. As the leading membership bodies representing the UK museums, galleries, heritage and archives we […]
The Red House, Aldeburgh, Education Skills Share
Join Joe Carr, Collections and Learning Curator at The Red House Aldeburgh, in a Q&A Education Skills Sharing Session on Twitter from 15:00-17:00 on Thursday, 4 June
How to Navigate Twitter as a Museum Professional
A summary from GEM South East Area Rep Holly Bee of five things she's learned about navigating Twitter as a museums and heritage professional.
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Education Skills Sharing Session
Get to know a bit more about The Fitzwilliam Museum and their engaging community programmes during this Education Skills Share Session.
Re-opening learning spaces – #MuseumHour Summary from GEM and Engage
On the 11th of May 2020 from 20:00-21:00 GMT, GEM hosted a #MuseumHour session in partnership with Engage on the topic of re-opening learning spaces. This session was hosted on the @MuseumHour Twitter account and is searchable with the following hashtags: #MuseumHour #MuseumReopening and on the @gem_heritage and @engagevisualart accounts. A summary of the conversation is below. […]
@Muse5aday Education Skills Share
On Thursday, 7 May from 13:00-15:00 we invited avid health and wellbeing advocate Kay Topping of @Muse5aday to take over the GEM Twitter account for an Education Skills Share. Read about her experience in this reflective blog.
Gressenhall Museum and Workhouse, Education Skills Sharing Session
Get to know a bit more about Gressenhall Museum and Workhouse and costumed interpretation during this Education Skills Share Session.
GEM East & SHARE Museums East, Education Skills Sharing Session
Join us on 28 May #EdSkillsShare to celebrate the launch of SHARE’s updated Evaluation Toolkit for Museums. Published last week to rave reviews, we will use the toolkit as a base for this session on Evaluation. Bring your comments and questions to the discussion hosted by Kathy Moore from SHARE Museums East joined by GEM […]
Virtual Museum Tours to Explore
Soothe your museum wanderlust by travelling across the world on these virtual museum tours.
