MA Conference

The joy of museums

We asked some of the people who participated in this year's Museums Association Conference to share their most joyous experiences in museums and galleries

Royal Armouries displays body armour damaged in Ukraine war

Exhibits have been decorated with religious iconography and will be on display until May 2025

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Vox pop | What are you most looking forward to at the MA Conference?

From the joyful theme to the local cuisine, three commentators share what they're excited about ahead of this year's event

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Volunteering at the MA Conference was a rich journey

Looking back at the highlights of this year's event in Newcastle-Gateshead

Q&A | ‘People in the Middle Ages were struggling with many things we’re still concerned with today’

David Silk, the learning manager at Newcastle Castle, reveals what his role embodies in the run up to the tour he's running as part of the MA conference

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Conference will be a great opportunity to re-engage

The theme of World Turned Upside Down really captures the position that the sector is in

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I can’t wait to share conference with many more colleagues than usual

The event may look a little different this year but it's just what we need right now

The policy column | Addressing the power struggle

When deciding the theme for our annual conference, we work with colleagues in the host nation to take stock of what’s happening in the wider world and look at how museums are responding.  For this year’s conference in Edinburgh, we’ve looked at the huge amount of change in the UK over the past five years, including …