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
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 […]