Dear colleague

Here is this week’s selection of news items:

1. The biggest news is that Kettle’s Yard has now opened after major redevelopment! http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/!
2. The Fitzwilliam Museum is advertising for an HR and Workforce Development Manager, closing date 6 March, at http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/16617/.
3. The new General Data Protection Regulations take effect from 28 May and AIM have an excellent success guide about them. See https://www.aim-museums.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SG-9.pdf .
4. Burwell Museum has another batch of objects for disposal (see attached). If you are interested contact Steve Crane on sacrane@btinternet.com.

Can I thank everyone who has responded to the CMF survey and ask remind everyone else that today is the deadline! See https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/CMFandMICsurvey/

Dear colleague

With apologies for sending out another bulletin so soon after the last one, but I sadly have to report a burglary from a museum very near to Cambridgeshire:

https://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/updated-over-100-irreplaceable-items-stolen-in-raid-on-museum-of-east-anglian-life-1-8356601. Do please be extra vigilant.

A piece of happier Suffolk museum news can also be mentioned as it’s also close to our County: The National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art Newmarket is advertising for a Marketing Manager, closing date 16 February. See job 50875 at https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/JobsDesk

Dear colleague:

Here is the latest round of museum news relevant to Cambridgeshire:

1. The SHARE Volunteer Awards have been launched, so don’t hesitate to start thinking of anyone from all our wonderful museum volunteers and trustees who deserves nominating! For details see http://sharemuseumseast.org.uk/volunteer-awards/. You may also wish to use the poster (attached) and I also have copies of the logos if you need them.
2. Harwell’s next Effective Emergency Planning and Disaster Recovery training courses are on 8 March and 10 May in London. Book now at http://www.hdrs.co.uk/emergencycourse. If you are interested in a bespoke in-house training course, these can also be arranged. Contact emma.dadson@harwellrestoration.co.uk. All MiC members are subscribers to Harwell’s restoration service. They also have disaster kits and other equipment for sale – let me know if you want de
3. The Garfield Weston Foundation has launched a new Anniversary fund of £5m to support capital projects for local communities across the UK.  Applications close on 30^th June 2018.  For guidelines see https://anniversary.garfieldweston.org.
4. The new Cambridge Science Centre has become the first regional hub for the ‘Presenter Network’ initiated by Royal Museums Greenwich, London. More information and FAQs are at: https://www.rmg.co.uk/work-services/what-we-do/learning-partnerships/presenter-network. It’s a free hub for learning and sharing skills on presenting/communicating with the public in either formal or non-formal educational settings including science communications, museums etc.
5. I have sent information from an Etsy store which sells suffrage themed items, votes for women sashes, rosettes etc. These are hand made by women in Cambridgeshire so if any Cambridgeshire museum would like to have a sash or rosettes for display and would be willing to have some for sale in their shops in return the store would be happy to let them have one free of charge. They also have some period costumes and display mannequins to lend, and could run suffrage themed making workshops for all ages. See https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CostumierSaurus?ref=hdr_shop_menu or email lindsey@costumier-saurus.co.uk.

Dear colleague

Here are this week’s news items:

1. Just a reminder about the SHARE Children and Young People conference in Colchester on 8 February. There are still spaces at http://sharemuseumseast.org.uk/events/object-lessons-4-share-bridges-children-young-people-conference/.
2. The deadline for applying for the Clore Fellowship is 29 January. For details see https://cloreleadership.org/fellowships.aspx.
3. The results of the 2016-2017 benchmarking survey are now available at http://sharemuseumseast.org.uk/benchmarking/.
4. The University Museum of Zoology is advertising for receptionist, closing date 1 February, at http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/16269/.
5. The Zoology Museum is also advertising for a Manager, closing date 2 February, job no. 50675 at https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/JobsDesk.
6. The National Trust is advertising for a Senior Visitor Experience Officer, closing date 28 January, job no. 50702 at the same link.
7. The Farmland Museum is advertising for a Visitor Services Assistant, closing date 28 February, job no. 50722 at the same link.
8. Burwell Museum has another batch of objects for disposal (see attached). As usual if you are interested contact Steve Crane at sacrane@btinternet.com .
9. The fabulous Bronze Age torc at Ely Museum has been voted the ‘Top Treasure’ of 2017. See http://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/ely-museum-gold-torc-1-5353883.
10. Please contact me if you have surplus a table top case and a case that could take a bronze horse’s head. The table top case needs to be approx. 70cm high, 40cm deep and 120-140cm wide.
11. The SEMFed have a study day at the Roald Dahl Museum on 1 March. See http://www.semfed.org.uk/events/study-days/for details.
12. May I ask again for publishable quality photos for the MiC Strategy? My earlier plea has produced 4-5 photos and I’m very grateful to the museums which have supplied those, but we still need another 4-5 to provide a good choice.

Dear colleague

A number of items of museum news have come in since the last update:

1. SHARE are advertising for a Museum Development Assistant at https://tinyurl.com/y998uw69. The closing date is 15 January (currently advertised as Sunday 14th January). For an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Jamie Everitt, preferably by email in the first instance at jamie.everitt@norfolk.gov.uk
2. UCM are holding a collections 2 day
3. The SHARE Volunteer Coordinators Forum’s next meeting, which promises to be a good one, is on the morning of 6 February at the Fitzwilliam. There may be some spaces left at http://sharemuseumseast.org.uk/events/stop-being-so-nice-influencing-trustees-and-managers-a-volunteer-coordinators-forum-event/ .
4. Just a reminder that LGBT History Month is in February and that 2018 marks the centenary of (some) women getting the vote (#Vote100). Could you please let me know if you are planning any exhibitions or activities around these events, so that I might be able to promote them through the County Council’s communications?
5. ICOM are offering travel bursaries of up to £700 for museum professionals to help travel to study at European museums and collections. The deadline is 5 February. For details visit
6. http://uk.icom.museum/about-us/bursaries/icom-uk-hwb-travel-grant-scheme/.

With best wishes for 2018