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'What's on' for SW Museum & Gallery Teams

Networking, training, briefings and workshops are just a few of the rich variety of events that SW Fed members can benefit from... all aimed at running museums and art galleries better in our region.

Here in the SW Fed Calendar, museum and gallery teams can plan ahead ahead to ensure they take full advantage of events on offer.

>> Go to SW Fed Calendar

Training - At the heart of the SW Fed

There's plenty of training for museum and art gallery teams to be had accross the region. SW Fed provides a host of ways to find it! ... news, calendar and a dedicated training section of the site.

>> See our Training Section

Resources - more now available

This website now hosts a wide variety of resources to help museums thrive: handouts and Top Tips from the Museum Skills Programme, the Forward Planning toolkit and the Workforce Diveristy materials can all be accessed here.

>> See Resources Introduction

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Do you want a slice of the cake?

P1030721_small Come to the Federation Forum in Plymouth on 13th February to find out how you can tap into the heritage tourism market.

Tourism is the lifeblood of many businesses in the South West. In 2010 visitors staying in the region spent an estimated £4.9 billion pounds (SW Tourism Alliance). Heritage sites like museums are key to attracting these visitors - 31% of tourist to Somerset in 2009/2010 cited heritage as their main reason for visiting the county (SW Research Company).

The Forum is free to attend. The day promises a mix of presentations and opportunities to ask questions, network and pick up handy tips. The insights and lessons learnt from the most recent research undertaken for museums will be unveiled.

Can your museum afford to miss out?

Full details and booking forms

Jobs: Archive Assistant & Graduate Heritage Trainee in Somerset

The Alfred Gillet Trust, which runs the Clarks Shoe Museum in Street, Somerset is currently advertising two paid positions within the organisation. An Archives Assistant is required 2 days per week and a Graduate Heritage Trainee is required 5 days per week.

Conservation Equipment on Offer

Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery are offering two items to any museum/conservators that can arrange for collection before the end of March 2012.

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One working paper conservation table with humidity/vacuum chamber and pump from Museum Services Corporation on offer to museums/conservators in the area for any reasonable offer.

ACE announces Renaissance Major Funding Partners

Bristol CIty Museum & Archive Service and a consortium between the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery have been succesful in their bids for a 3 year funding settlement from Arts Council England. The fund was created to replace the previous Renaissance hub structure when ACE took over museum development functions from the MLA. 14 other museums/consortia in the other English regions will have a share of the £20M a year fund. The final detail of the museums' plans and funding agreements will be the result of a negotiation with the Arts Council and will be in place and published by April. Go to www.artscouncil.org.uk for full details.

Additional museum skills workshops by popular demand

training volunteers - packing costume If you missed some of the most popular workshops in this year's Museums Skills Programme, you are being given a second chance to catch one! Thanks to the careful husbanding of resources by Sarah Lewis (training co-ordinator) and Clive Fisher (treasurer) and to host museums' and speekers' generosity with their fees, we are able to offer three additional sessions.