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World Turned Upside Down: Exploring the Future of Museums, 2-6 November 2020
Our 2020 annual conference was held virtually and was free to all our members. It featured a range of fantastic speakers, engaging sessions and lots of practical advice and support.
Across five days of debate, reflection, networking and more, we explored the theme of the future of museums in a world turned upside down by a year like no other, and how the sector can rise to the challenges we face.
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Key sessions
Black Lives Matter – anti-racism and museums
The wisdom of elders with Elaine Heumann Gurian and Johnnetta Betsch Cole
Reflections on the future of museums
From an era of change into a Change of Era: Latin America reimagines museums
A Black British Museum: a space for contemplation, reflection and joy
Zeina Arida, Director of the Sursock Museum, Beirut
Launching the Learning and Engagement Manifesto
Lonnie Bunch and David Lammy in conversation
Slavery, colonialism and the public realm
Museums Change Lives Awards 2020
Closing session: what next?
Core sessions
Power to the People: democratising our museums
Power up
The superpower of feminist leadership
How activist can an activist museum really be?
Five mindsets for museums of the future (Digital Innovation and Engagement Fund launch)
Health check – the impact of Covid on regional museums
Disability inclusion in museums
Repatriation and restitution
Power to the roots
What do we mean by decolonise?
Born in the 21st century – the new museums doing things differently
Reopening the doors
Museum responses to the climate emergency
Collecting the pandemic
In Practice sessions
Inside out – bringing collections to audiences during lockdown and beyond
Microsoft – The museum "digital divide"
How to create a blended learning offer for schools
Keywords: emotional labour
Keywords: courage
Keywords: precarity
Retail in recovery
Covid-secure learning: putting guidelines into action
Creating engaging videos on a budget
Managing social history collections in a digital age
Virtual museum tours
Gairloch Museum, Ross and Cromarty
City Art Centre, Edinburgh
St Fagans National Museum of History, near Cardiff
Creswell Crags Museum & Prehistoric Gorge, Derbyshire
Reimagine, Remake, Replay: Making Waves at Ulster Museum, Belfast
Careers sessions
How to (digital) network like a pro
Workforce wellbeing at a time of uncertainty
Career crossroads
Future museum skills
The AMA in a Covid-world
Upcoming events
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The Future of Museums: School Programmes
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