Museums in Cambridgeshire News no. 42 (18 February 2016)

I apologise for the long gap since MiC News 41, which has been due to me having a cold! Anyway here some items of news:

  1. SHARE have some undersubscribed courses which you may be interested in, both at Hollytrees in Colchester: Cutting Edge – Making Professional Labels & Panels- 3 March http://sharemuseumseast.org.uk/events/cutting-edge-making-professional-labels-panels/ Labelling & Marking Museum Objects– 8 March http://sharemuseumseast.org.uk/events/labelling-marking-museum-objects-6/.
  2. The National Trust have some items from Paycocke’s in Coggeshall to dispose of (see attached). If you are interested please contact Anna.Forrest@nationaltrust.org.uk.
  3. The 2016 SHARE Volunteer Awards are open for nominations. I urge you to encourage people to apply; this year there is a Learning Volunteer Award too. All the details can be found at www.sharemuseumseast.org.uk/volunteer-awards/. The closing date is 15th April. Judging will take place in May and the awards celebration will be at the Fitzwilliam on the evening of 9th June.
  4. Arts Council England (ACE) has commissioned CapeUK to carry out a review of formal learning in museums. If schools use your museum, please spare 20 minutes to complete a short survey by 29 February. You can find the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MuseumLearn3.
  5. UCM is currently advertising two new volunteer roles. Both are within the Marketing team and are focused on helping them to understand their visitors. They are ‘job’ numbers 43817-18 at http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/JobsDesk and the closing dates are 1st and 2nd March respectively.
  6. You may be interested in the ‘Creative Volunteering: beyond policy and procedure’ conference on 21 March at the Natural History Museum in London. For more information please see the link below: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/whats-on/programs/nhm/creative_volunteering%3A_beyond_policy_and_procedure.html.
  7. There are volunteer and trustee roles advertised at http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/JobsDesk at Whittlesey, March and Prickwillow Museums, ‘job’ numbers 43835, 43838-9.
  8. The Farmland Museum is advertising for a Visitor Services and Tearoom positions at http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/JobsDesk, job numbers 43836-7.
  9. The British Association of Friends of Museums (BAFM) is offering a travel bursary; see attached.