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• Arts Council England Outlines New Approach to Renaissance

  Created: Thursday, 04 August 2011 12:22

  The Arts Council England have provided the first outline of their new approach to running the funding programme, further details of which will be published in September ahead of the Arts Council taking over this function from the Museums Libraries and Arc...

• Critical of the Government's lack of dialogue

  Created: Tuesday, 29 March 2011 22:36

  This is the judgement of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on the way in which the Government handled the abolition of the Museums Libraries and Archives Council.  The words are set out in the Select Committee's report  Funding for the Ar...

• Grants available

  Created: Tuesday, 08 March 2011 07:42

  If you are looking for a small grant to enable you to conserve or research things Egyptian in your collections, the Donation Fund of the Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society may be able to help.  Applications for sums between £100 to £500 are invite...

• Big Tips For Entrepreneurial Museums

  Created: Thursday, 17 February 2011 12:09

  Tips to help museums 'think like entrepreneurs' from Birmingham, city of 1000 trades. As members of the national Renaissance Workforce Development forum, Renaissance South West  was invited along to the recent 'Entrepreneurial Museum' conference organis...

• Accreditation: What next?

  Created: Tuesday, 15 February 2011 10:54

  The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council response to Accreditation Development: Analysis and interpretation of online survey findings and Curatorial Adviser Review 2010. Published January 2011. Introduction The Accreditation Scheme is being redevelop...

• Free Training Day: Taunton 7 February

  Created: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 11:30

  Do you want to know how to encourage schools to work with your museum and engage children with collections? Somerset Heritage & Libraries Service is holding a FREE training day on cross-curricular uses of museums objects in Taunton, Somerset on Monday 7 ...

• Brian Stewart

  Created: Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:43

  Brian Stewart (1953-2010) Following a cycling accident, Brian Stewart sadly died on 12th December 2010, aged 57.  Director of Falmouth Art Gallery since 2000, Brian was one of the most colourful members of the museum community in the South West...

• Georgian faces in Dorset

  Created: Friday, 07 January 2011 08:34

  The Understanding British Portraits Network is organising a seminar on 3rd February 2011 to co-incide with a major exhibition at Dorset County Museum, Georgian Faces: Portrait of a county , which runs from 15th January until 30th April 2011.  ...

• 2011 Conferences Roundup

  Created: Thursday, 16 December 2010 14:37

  The SW Fed is trying to pull together information about the various museum-related conferences that will be taking place around the country in 2011. Read on to find out about science, natural history, social history and geology conferences which have alre...

• The mystery of the wax doll

  Created: Friday, 10 December 2010 11:24

  Can you help? Sarah Klopf, a conservation intern at RAMM, would like your help in identifying the purpose of this curious wax model of a small girl surrounded by fruit, flowers, small figures and sheep which is part of the Decorative Arts Collection in ...

• The South West scoops an award

  Created: Friday, 10 December 2010 07:57

  PRIMROSE wins The ambitious Primrose (Photographic Records in Museums: Re-Organisation, Storage and Environment) Project has won the Care of Collections catagory at this year's ICON Conservation Awards. Helena Jaeschke and Sarah Allen, seen here colle...

• Future of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

  Created: Tuesday, 23 November 2010 13:08

  Responsibility for important work with regional museums and libraries is likely to transfer to Arts Council England (ACE) following the abolition of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), Culture Minister Ed Vaizey announced today. ...

• BAfM South West seeks a venue

  Created: Friday, 19 November 2010 11:32

  Would your museum like to host such an influential looking group of enthusiasts? The British Association of Friends of Museums (BAfM) is looking for a venue for its South West Conference in September 2011. The past 5 years have taken members to Bath, Plym...

• Great ideas for raising funds

  Created: Wednesday, 03 November 2010 14:26

  Poole Museum, Tuesday 16th November 2010 Can you afford to miss the opportunity to hear and share ideas for generating income in these lean times?  Book now to join four inspirational and informative speakers at Poole Museum on Tuesday 16th November 201...

• Network meeting in the South West

  Created: Thursday, 28 October 2010 16:08

  Are you a museum or gallery interested in finding out about CAMPAIGN! Make an Impact?  No, it is not a pressure group to save our museums and galleries, but a programme that uses history to inspire young people into active citizenship. See www.bl.uk...

• The Government's Spending Review: Impacts and Announcements

  Created: Thursday, 21 October 2010 15:14

  Following yesterday’s government announcement on the spending review the SW Fed have collated a selection of reports on the announcement on how it might be potentially affecting those in the heritage sector. ...

• Report from South West Renaissance Museums Hub October 2010

  Created: Thursday, 14 October 2010 10:18

  Read the latest report from the South West Renaissance Museums Hub for October 2010 ...

• Upcoming Grants and Funding

  Created: Monday, 04 October 2010 12:45

  Find out about the latest grants and funding opportunities available to museums and heritage organisations. Now updated for October 2010. ...

• Somerset Heritage Centre opens its doors

  Created: Monday, 04 October 2010 10:51

  Somerset County Council’s new Heritage Centre opened its doors to the public on Monday 27 September.  The Somerset Heritage Centre houses all the material formerly held at the Somerset Record Office, as well as the museum reserve collections, the ...

• Speakers announced

  Created: Monday, 20 September 2010 13:58

  Book now for Open Doors 2010 'Great atmosphere, informal and friendly. Liked all the talks/case studies. Great ideas.'  Following feedback like that from last year's Open Door meeting in Salisbury, a whole host of inspuirational and informative speak...