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We’re hiring! Join the GEM Team
GEM Communications Manager, Parental Leave Cover This is an exciting time to join our team, leading communications and marketing for GEM – the Group for Education in Museums. Apply now for this 9-month contract, 3 days a week – Salary £28,500 FTE (Pro rata salary £17,100). GEM is a membership organisation supporting everyone delivering learning in […]

New GEM Area/Nation Reps
We're so pleased to welcome new GEM Area and Nation Representatives! Area and Nation representatives are an integral part of how GEM reaches out across the globe and provides support to the learning professionals working in museums, heritage and cultural settings. These area-based teams help educators in their locales to network, exchange ideas, and build skills.

GEM receives core funding from the Linbury Trust
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 28 January 2021 GEM has received an award of £50,000 from Linbury Trust to deliver a programme of training and mentoring to a range of museums impacted by COVID-19. This two-year funding will enable GEM to provide increased training and professional development support focusing on resilient leadership, governance, digital innovation, online learning […]


Group for Education in Museums (GEM) receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund
Group for Education in Museums Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 16 October 2020 Group for Education in Museums (GEM) receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund Almost 450 heritage organisations in England, including GEM have been awarded cash from the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage Grants of up to […]


Art Fund funds GEM to support online learning for museum and heritage learning professionals
Group for Education in Museums Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 24, August 2020 GEM has received £5,000 from Art Fund to support post-Covid-19 online learning GEM has received a £5,000 Professional Network Grant from Art Fund to create valuable online training as part of the ongoing efforts the membership organisation has made to support individuals […]

The National Lottery Heritage Fund funds GEM to support learning in museums, heritage and cultural settings
Group for Education in Museums Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 31 July 2020 GEM has received £37,400 of National Lottery support to help address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on heritage GEM has received £37,400 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support and upskill many hundreds of heritage professionals and museums/heritage sites throughout […]

GEM Trustee named Director of West Horsley Place Trust
The West Horsley Place Trust is delighted to announce that Ben Pearce has been appointed as the charity’s new Director and will take up his appointment in September. Ben Pearce was previously Executive Director of Paintings in Hospitals, a national arts-in-health charity, where he worked with the Board on vision and strategy and led the […]

GEM Trustee named Director of West Horsley Place Trust
The West Horsley Place Trust is delighted to announce that Ben Pearce has been appointed as the charity’s new Director and will take up his appointment in September. Ben Pearce was previously Executive Director of Paintings in Hospitals, a national arts-in-health charity, where he worked with the Board on vision and strategy and led […]