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'Queer Legacies' Conference, Royal Pavilion & Museums in Brighton on 7 March 2018

There are now only three weeks left until the 'Queer Legacies conference' at Brighton Museum!

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Second sector-wide National Alliance for Museums Health and Wellbeing (NAMHW) survey

Take part! A museum & heritage sector survey which maps existing practice around health and wellbeing activities

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Be part of Fun Palaces 2016: Year of the Maker

Fun Palaces is an annual, free, nationwide celebration of arts and culture, driven by localism,

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How can arts and culture improve our public services?

'Commissioning for Outcomes and Co-production' report introducing models to help public sector work collaboratively with museums and others to deliver local outcomes

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Young Leaders Training Programme - Call for Applications

A training programme for young museums and cultural professionals aspiring to become leaders in their institutions/sector and drive forward necessary change

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Giving to Heritage Programme continues for another 12 months

The Heritage Alliance has announce that it has been awarded £250,000 under the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Catalyst Umbrella programme to extend Giving to Heritage for another 12...

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Register with Culture24 for the next Museum at Night festival

The next Museums at Night event registration deadline ahead of the May 2016 festival is next Friday 18 March.

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Research confirms that arts and culture help combat loneliness among older people

ACE reveals new research findings showing the positive impact arts and culture can have on older people

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Learning from the Creative People & Places Programme

The Creative People and Places (CPP) fund focuses on parts of the country where involvement in the arts is significantly below the national average. The aim is to increase the likelihood that people will participate. In the South East, the Swale & Medway

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Visitor Finder merges with free Audience Finder database

Introductory scheme 'Visitor Finder' comes to an end in March 2016 and is now closed to new applicants. Museum can still join the broader Audience Finder programme free.

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National Alliance for Museums, Health and Welbeing Survey

Take part! A museum & hertiage sector survey which maps existing practice around health and wellbeing activities

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Can you make a Fun Palace event combining art and science?

Anyone and everyone is welcome to make a Fun Palace. The Guidelines are that it is Free, Local, Innovative, Transformative and Engaging.

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Are you ready for Takeover Day on 20th November?

'Takeover Day' is an exciting and highly successful event with children and young people all over the UK taking charge of museums, galleries and heritage sites. This year the event will be taking place again on 20thNovember and you are invited to be part

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Paul Hamlyn Foundation launches new web resource

Paul Hamlyn Foundation, one of the UK’s largest independent grant-making Foundations, has launched a new web resource to support the embedding of participation in museums and galleries.

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Happy Museum launches it's five-year plan

Since 2011 Happy Museum (HM) has brought together thinking around well-being and sustainability and investigated the particular role of museums in supporting individual, organisational and societal resilience.

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The Inspiring Learning for All framework is back!

The Inspiring Learning for All framework helps the arts and culture sector to capture and evidence their impact by identifying generic learning and social outcomes for individuals and communities

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Get Creative: a year-long celebration of British arts, culture and creativity

Get Creative is a BBC initiative that celebrates world-class arts, culture and creativity that happens every day across the UK - and they want you to get involved.

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Exploring 'Gateways to the First World War'

On Friday 16th January, over 50 of us gathered at the University of Kent to hear from the 'Gateways' team. We heard from Dr Sam Carroll, Community Heritage Researcher, who introduced the...

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Our Future is in the Making: An Education Manifesto for Craft and Making

The Crafts Council has launched a national Education Manifesto for Craft and Making. It’s begun well, with this letter in the Times; please follow the link (or read below) for further details,...

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International Jodi Awards for Accessible Digital Culture - Call for Applications

Applications for the Jodi Awards 2015 are now invited. The Jodi Awards recognise the best use of digital technology in widening access to information, collections, learning and creativity for...

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Engaging with teenagers

The December edition of Museum Practice is looking at how museums can engage teenagers – from welcoming them in as visitors to developing learning and outreach programmes. Cases studies which...

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Kids in Museums - takeover packs are available to order!

It’s great to see that so many organisations are registered for Takeover Day 2014 and they can still register by visiting the Takeover Day page. There are several free resources available to...

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Mind, body, spirit: How museums impact health and wellbeing

This new publication, born out of a year-long action research project, Museums, Health and Wellbeing, focused around the creation of a network of museums in the East Midlands region and funded by...

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Takeover Day 2014

It’s not too late to get involved this year! Please see below for some creative solutions that will let you get involved with the biggest national initiative of children and young people across...

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Final round of Treasure Plus funding announced

The third and final round of the Art Fund's Treasure Plus funding programme is now open for applications. Treasure Plus aims to deepen public engagement with items of treasure and related...

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Poetry meets archaeology meets museums in Kent

Four Kent & Medway museums, (Dartford, Rochester Guildhall, Maison Dieu and Canterbury Roman Museum) are all key stopping places for poet Dan Simpson when he sets out later this month. Dan...

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#AskACurator Day - global event on 17 September 2014

#AskACurator is an all day event on 17 September 2014 and offers people a way to talk to curators and people who work in cultural venues they normally don’t have access to. #AskACurator is...

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Fareham Museum wins 'Safer Place' award

Does your museum maximise its social impact by offering a warm welcome to vulnerable people? The 'Safer Places' scheme aims to provide vulnerable people, and particularly those...

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Culture24 - latest initiative for generating new visitors and income

It’s not too late to sign up to Culture24’s latest initiative for generating new visitors and income for museums and galleries, through this exciting new business model. In conjunction...

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UCL launches Museums on Prescription

A team of University College London (UCL) researchers has been awarded funding to explore the value of role of museums in social prescribing. The scheme will complement existing social prescription...

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Parliament in the Making - get involved in 2015

There are opportunities for museums, libraries and arts organisations to get involved in the 'Parliament in the Making' initiative next year - especially those interested in politics, social...

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Heritage Lottery Fund investment to transform MERL

The Museum of English Rural Life has received a confirmed award of £1,798,200 for the Our Country Lives project from the Heritage Lottery Fund. You can read the official announcement from the...

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Arts Award: New edition Bronze, Silver and Gold adviser toolkit

The 4th edition of the adviser toolkit was made available at Arts Award training in March. If you trained as an adviser before March 2014, you will need to refresh your toolkit with the updated pages...

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Dover Museums & Arts Group 'Grants for the Arts' project application success

Dover Museums & Arts Group (DMAG) and Dover Arts Development (DAD) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded funding by Arts Council England and Kent County Council for a new project....

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Peer Development Groups launched

Three groups underway. Still openings to join 'Collections care' and 'Display and interpretation'

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Hampshire Military Museums Network plans for the future

Strong commitment to shared learning, events and collaboration

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Call for papers - Refloating the Ark: Connecting the public and scientists with natural history museums

Proposals for papers and presentations are now invited for this two-day meeting at the Manchester Museum 19–20 June 2015. Deadline for submissions is 1 October 2014. The meeting will...

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Register your event for Children’s Art Week 2014!

Children's Art Week (16 - 22 June 2014) will shine a spotlight on the many organisations that create opportunities for children and young people to experience the visual arts together with...

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Museum Partners sought for Horizon 2020 Science programme

The Frederick University in Cyprus is looking for partners in science museums in order to submit a project proposal under the HORIZON 2020 programme - Science with and for Society - under the...

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Islamic Art and Material Culture: Subject Specialist Network

The Subject Specialist Network is now on Facebook and Twitter - please join and help them to spread the word! The hash tag #mapIslam is used for anything related to the mapping project and...

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Age Collective – Manifesto for Age Friendly Museums

Age Collective is a partnership project between the British Museum, Glasgow Life (Glasgow Museums), Manchester Museum and National Museums Northern Ireland. The Age Collective Manifesto for Age...

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UK Disability History Month

UK Disability History Month runs each year - this year it will take place from 22 November - 22 December. The aim is to get disability history heard, seen, accepted and celebrated in the...

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People’s Millions - open for applications

The Big Lottery Fund and ITV have launched the People's Millions public voting competition for 2014. This year organisations can apply for up to £50,000 for projects that help communities...

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engage: the Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award Artist Residency

engage is currently inviting galleries, museums and visual arts venues throughout the United Kingdom to submit proposals to host the 2015 Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award (ARMA), Artist in...

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CBA Festival of Archaeology 12 - 27 July 2014

The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) invites you to take part in the Festival of Archaeology 2014 runs from 12-27 July! Co-ordinated by the Council for British Archaeology, the Festival...

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Renaissance strategic support funding for Jane Austen's House Museum

Project to develop programming for the low season

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Add your activities to the Hampshire1914 website

New web form makes promoting your museum's centenary exhibitions and events easy

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#Asktheagents Live Twitter Q&A on Engaging Young People

Friday 6 March 2014, 12:30 - 13:30 Join Lucie Fitton, Head of Engagement at The Audience Agency, as she takes over the Agency's twitter account to answer questions and share her top tips on...

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Get your event in the Museums at Night brochure

Museums at Night is a national campaign led by Culture24, showcasing the UK's vibrant museums, galleries, heritage sites, libraries and archives. It is funded by Arts Council England,...

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HLF Anniversaries funding – open for business!

The Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) £10 million anniversaries funding scheme has now fully opened and is being supported by on-line guidance and expert advice for all potential applicants...

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Do museums worry too much when it comes to digital and social media?

The 'Communcations Stategies for the Digital Age' training day held on Friday 17th January at Christ Church University, Kent, as part of the 'Museums in the Digital Age'...

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Author's ring on display at Jane Austen's House Museum

Successful fundraising campaign saves ring from export

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Invitation to consider surplus electrical museum objects

Rationalisation of collections of former Museum of Electricity in Christchurch, Dorset

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'Frontline Kent' Plans for commemorating the First World War Centenary in Kent are coming together

As many of you know, last March the Museum Development Programme in Kent & Medway held a First World War themed networking session (with a follow up held in November). ...

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Lottery funds for St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery

Initial development funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards a £2million major upgrade of facilities

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Brading Roman Villa develops partnership with the British Museum

New secure gallery space enables loan of important Roman objects

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Trenches for Teachers!

'Trenches for Teachers' networking conference at St Edward's School, Sherfield English, Hampshire

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The BBC wants to cover your 'Museums at Night' event

Culture24 is close to reaching an agreement with the BBC to broadcast coverage of the 2014 Museums at Night festival on national & local television, radio and online. At this stage they are...

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Launch of Arts Award Supporter

‘Arts Award Supporter’ is a way of linking arts, cultural and heritage organisations with young people doing Arts Award. ‘Arts Award Supporters’ are organisations or artists...

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Arts Award and the First World War

Over the next four years millions of children and young people will be taking part in projects that commemorate the First World War. Schools and museums, along with arts organisations and...

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Adult Learners' Week 2014 - don't miss the deadline!

The nomination deadline for Adult Learners' Week is 5 pm on Thursday 30 January. Nominations are open for individuals, projects and employers who have done something outstanding in learning...

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Power to Change programme: Big Lottery Fund

On 6th December the Big Lottery Fund announced their new £150m Power to Change initiative to support the development of sustainable community-led enterprises across England. It will be...

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LAINet working group first meeting in January

Learning, Access and Interpretation Network working group will plan 2014 programme

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Hampshire Solent Training Bursaries - deadline extended to 31 January 2014

Bursaries of up to £1000 for workforce development activities.

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MuseumNext call for papers

MuseumNext brings together delegates from around the world to discuss 'what's next?' for the museum sector; how can we adapt to changing audience expectation and how technology is...

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Google launches Open Gallery to help any museum or gallery create online exhibits

Google has been working with a range of museums and galleries to deliver fascinating digital exhibits via the Google Cultural Institute for a while. Now, however, the Internet giant is opening...

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Kent County Council's Art Investment Fund now open

Kent County Council invests in the arts because it values the contribution Arts and Culture bring to the wellbeing of the county and its potential to grow the Kent economy. It is recognised...

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Calling all Kent Coastal Towns - contribute to Screen South's World War 1 website

Screen South are the successful recipients of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to develop a website to promote the history and events across 19 coastal towns in Kent. The website will contain location...

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'Frontline Kent' - share your First World War plans with the nation

The Kent & Medway Museum Development Programme has been working with Visit Kent, Culture24 and the Imperial War Museum to devise a 'one stop' events form to capture all your plans for the...

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First World War Centenary: ACE announce new funding programme

14-18 Now: Artists from around the world to mark the First World War Centenary

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Museums at Night 2014 - Children's Authors

Culture24 are offering museums the chance to host a children’s/young adults' author for Museums at Night 2014. Every year they collaborate with the Reading Agency to connect Museums at...

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Freelancers needed by Brunel's ss Great Britain Trust

The ss Great Britain Trust are seeking freelance support to deliver object-based formal education workshops and to contribute to the administration of their education programmes, to start in January...

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What is the Future of Museum Learning?

In the summer of 2013 Arts Council England commissioned Sam Cairns to run an enquiry, 'Future of museum learning for children and young people', with the museum sector in England. The...

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Help BBC Radio Solent to share 'WW1 At Home' stories

BBC Radio Solent is seeking local stories for broadcast on local radio and online, deadline Thursday 21 November!

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Inspired by My Museum: Writing Competition - British Council India

This writing competition was launched at the Museums Association Conference in Liverpool in November. Entries can be poems, short stories or reports - up to 400 words long - inspired by a visit...

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Free Digital Engagement Framework

Jim Richardson and Jasper Visser have developed a new digital engagement framework which is free to download. The Digital Engagement Framework has been developed to help with the design of...

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LAINet goes with a bang!

Strong commitment to Learning, Access and Interpretation Network

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The Happy Museum Project - publication of Learning and Evaluation Report

The Happy Museum Project have announced the publication of their first major Learning and Evaluation report. One of the principles of Happy Museum is to ‘measure what matters’, and the...

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The Happy Museum Project - Invitation to take part in National Wellbeing Research Programme

In 2013 the Happy Museum Project proved that museums make people happy, with evidence analysed by ‘happiness economist’ Daniel Fujiwara of the London School of Economics. It was shown...

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Hampshire Solent museums - apply for a Training Bursary

Bursaries of up to £1000 for workforce development activities.

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Basingstoke and Deane Leisure Initiatives Fund

Grants of up to £2000 for projects which contribute to leisure activities in Basingstoke and Deane Borough

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Something unusual is happening in Kent libraries...

Lose yourself in a fictional frenzy of paperback puppetry, Scale the shelves with a chorus of thesaurus, Discover dance in the romance and mime in the crime (section). The Faversham based...

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Fantastic turnout for First World War Centenary networking event

Over a hundred people from arts and heritage organisations across the sub-region packed Winchester's Guildhall for the Hampshire Solent Museum Development Programme's First World War Centenary networking event.

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HLF announces new funding for anniversaries

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced that at least £10 million is being set aside over the next four years to fund projects marking some of the UK’s most important anniversaries...

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Hampshire Commemorates: First World War and D-Day Grants

Grants available to groups and organisations for commemoration projects, activities or events

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Digital camera finds a good home

Liphook Heritage Centre can now capture local images

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New Crowdsourcing Platform to Match Nonprofits with Tech Experts

An innovative crowdsourcing platform that connects nonprofit organisations with technically skilled volunteers from around the world is expected to launch in 2014. The MakeaDiff.org platform, which...

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An exciting opportunity for museums in Swale & Medway

The Creative People and Places (CPP) programme (see: http://creativepeopleplace.info/) and the University of Kent are working together with a group of Music and Performance students at the university...

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Explore Oxford University Museums App

ASPIRE has just launched a new, free ‘Explore Oxford University Museums’ app, available for download on iPhone and Android. The app features basic visitor information, events listings,...

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Opportunity to participate in University of Kent's Careers Fair

The University of Kent has kindly offered a free stand at this year's Careers and Employability Fair to museum representatives in Kent & Medway on 5th November 2013. Information about...

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Marsh Awards for Excellence in Gallery Education – Nominations now Open

Do you know someone doing excellent work in gallery education and learning? Engage and the Marsh Christian Trust are delighted to announce the Marsh Awards for Excellence in Gallery Education 2013,...

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ACE Strategic Touring Programme

The Arts Council funded Strategic touring programme is seeking applications from museums. The aim of the programme is for people across England having improved access to great art visiting their...

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ACE film: A Credit to Britain

ACE recently launched A Credit To Britain film (Demonstrating the value of public investment in arts and culture), which can be found on their website ACE have also created an advocacy toolkit which...

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