Introduction: community projects


What are the practicalities of appealing to and working closely with groups from diverse communities?


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Attracting new visitors with community projects


Community projects are an important way to attract new visitors. Julie Nightingale looks at the challenges of involving the hardest-to-reach groups

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Tactics to engage young visitors


Attracting young people to museums is notoriously difficult. But creative museums have developed tactics that have proved successful

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Setting up advisory groups


Setting up an advisory group allows you to tap into specialist knowledge and different perspectives - and can give your project credibility.

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Working with refugees


For refugees, visiting a museum is unlikely to be a high priority. But projects for exiles can help make connections with their new home

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Working with prisoners


Setting up a project working with prisoners presents special challenges, and requires above all, sensitivity and a flexible approach

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How to evaluate community projects


Measuring the success of a community project is about more than numbers. Evaluation needs to look at outcomes from other points of view

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Case study: training staff for community work


Katie Bruce explains how advice and training for staff is a key part of Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art's often-challenging community work

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Case study: advisory groups


Liz Puddick and Sarah Gilbert reveal how the Imperial War Museum's advisory group improved its exhibition about black people's war experiences

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Case study: workshops for young people


Running artist-led workshops for young people in an inner-city area has its own special challenges - and rewards - says Clare Ferdinando

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Community projects: further reading


Read more MP articles on working in partnership with community groups and leading community museums

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