| Event title | New agendas: engaging with local government (C12) |
| Details | 1000-1600
Around one in three museums in England is operated by a local authority. Many are subsumed within large local government departments and have a low profile, divorced from decision-making and struggling to remain valued.
Now a new regime of performance monitoring is being launched within local government. Self-assessment, peer reviews, national indicators and local area agreements are the new ways to measure and monitor effectiveness and success.
How can your museum boost its profile within your local authority and respond to demands? What is the improvement agenda and what does it mean for your museum? Would your museum be better off moving to trust status?
How can your museum position itself to be key in economic generation and tourism? How can independent museums work in partnership with local authorities? How can museums contribute to policy development? Major figures in this landscape will debate how and why museums can be more engaged with their local authority.
Who is it for?
• heads of service, elected members and officers
• managers of local authority and independent museums
• anyone who deals with local government.
What will I learn?
• methods of engagement with your local authority
• what self-assessment and peer-reviews mean for museums
• examples of good practice in the areas of trust status, improvement and partnerships.
Speakers
Mark Taylor
Director, Museums Association
Jane Glaister
Strategic director, culture tourism and sport, Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage
Martyn Allison
National adviser for culture and sport, IdeA
Janet Barnes
Chief executive, York Museums Trust
Ged Bell
Chair of the joint committee, Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Maggie Appleton
Director of museums, Luton Cultural Services Trust
Fees:
MA Individual, Institutional or Corporate member £115
MA Individual member: prospective AMA £90
MA student, retired or unwaged member £50
Non-member £190
Institutional members and prospective AMA's CANNOT book online and should download a PDF below... |
Click here for programme and booking form, December 2008 to March 2009 (pdf) |
| Fee | £See highlighted box |
| Dates | 25 March 2009 |
| Venue | Hospitium, Yorkshire Museum, York |
| Organiser | Museums Association Conferences and Events |
| Address | 24 Calvin Street
London
E1 6NW
United Kingdom |
| Tel | 020 7426 6940 |
| Fax | 020 7426 6961 |
| Email | lorraine@museumsassociation.org |
| Contact | Conference and Events Department |
