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Open Door speakers announced

Details of the speakers who will be presenting short papers at the SW Fed's new look Open Door autumn meetings are just being released. Names include Laura Whitton of the Collections Trust, David Dawson of Wiltshire Heritage Museum and Simon Cronshaw of...
Book now for Open Door meetings this November

The Fed's new look Autumn meetingsWith time at a premium and travel so expensive the SW Federation has organised a range of Open Door meetings throughout the region during November to take the place of its traditional, one venue Autumn meeting.Venues and ...
Booking opens for the Museum Skills Programme 2009/2010

Book early to avoid disappointment!Dates have now been finalised for the first series of training events run by the SW Federation in partnership with Renaissance South West. Hilary McGowan, the Fed's training facilitator, has put together a varied progr...
New Training Facilitator appointed

Liz Neathey, chair of the SW Fed, is delighted to announce that Hilary McGowan has been awarded the contract of Training Facilitator to deliver the South West Museum Skills Programme during 2009-2010.The Federation is delivering the programme in partnersh...
Funding Opportunity

Arts & Humanities CouncilCollaborative Doctoral Awards 2010 The AHRC has announced that it has secured funding for 10 additional Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA) to support a number of specified subject areas. Applications for these additional awards...
New SW Federation Website Launched

Welcome to this, the new website for the South Western Federation of Museums & Art Galleries. The new site has been in development for a while now and although there is still some way to go before it is finally finished, we thought it would be best to m...
Job opportunity at the SW Fed

Training FacilitatorThe South Western Federation of Museums & Art Galleries is seeking to appoint a training facilitator to develop, promote, oversee the delivery and evaluate the South West Museum Skills Programme from October 2009 to December 2010. ...
Spend a day with Selvedge in Bath with Polly Leonard

Join Polly Leonard for a day out in Bath on Friday 4 September 2009 Our day will begin with coffee followed by a guided tour of the Costume Museum and private study session on regency fashion. After a two course lunch, transport will be provided to E...
Harwell Document Restoration Training

Harwell Document Restoration Services is pleased to announce its series of training events for the Autumn of 2009, designed specifically for heritage and information services professionals. These extremely popular and well-received courses contain a mix...
Free IPR Training in London

The Strategic Content Alliance http://sca.jiscinvolve.org/ is delighted to announce a series of FREE IPR and Licensing workshops over the Autumn in London, aimed at policy makers and practitioners involved in the delivery of online content and service...
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Freelance Curator Needed in Bath

Bath Preservation Trust (BPT) is looking for an experienced Freelance Curator to work on 'Stones of Bath' exhibition - Details here...
Devon Museum Forum

For the first time ever the Devon Museums Group would like to invite museums from Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset to attend their annual forum. This year the theme is "Eureka: Finding the science in your museum" and will include illustrated talks and hands ...
SW Fed Spring Meeting & AGM

The Spring Meeting and AGM will be held at 10.00am on the 26th of June at the Guild Halls Bath. We can confirm that we have been told that both Jon Finch (MLA) and Kate Brindley (SW Hub) will be able to attend this meeting. So this will be a great opportu...