Museum Development was established to support sustainable and ambitious museums across the United Kingdom. There are 12 museum development programmes working with over 1900 museums across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
To contact one of the Museum Development teams or collaborate with the Museum Development Network please contact our Coordinator on:
mdn@museumdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk
Recent blog posts
Creating inclusive and accessible experiences for people with SEND in South East museums
From 2017-2019 a very special project from South East Museum Development took place: SEND in Museums South East. Samantha Bowen, our Museum Development Officer for Kent/Medway, has worked in museums for over twenty years, and during this time she became a parent to a child with severe physical and learning disabilities. This experience led to […]
MDNW launch Contemporary Collecting Toolkit
Museum Development North West (MDNW) has published a Contemporary Collecting Toolkit. Collecting contemporary histories to ensure collections are up to date and relevant can be a major task for museums. For some, contemporary collecting is high on the agenda, but for others it’s a new approach and one that may feel overwhelming at first. To […]
Building New Audiences for Museums with ‘The Late Shift’
The Inspiration Visitor Profiling research for local museums in Northern Ireland in 2016 revealed that representation was lowest in the 18-40 age category, accounting for around only a quarter of all museum visits. People were visiting museums as children, with their family, or when they’re older but there was a lack of engagement from those […]