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Find out more about how museums can create better places
The Museums Association Website:
Collections: information on the MA’s work with collections
Sustainability
Museums Journal features:
Peace dividend: Derry, the UK’s first City of Culture
Can culture get people to seaside resorts?
Museum Practice:
Working on community projects
Democratic exhibitions
Comment:
Tracy-Ann Smith: genuine participation has a long way to go
Bob and Roberta Smith: museums made me what I am today
Piotr Bienkowski: no pain, no gain
Gary Winter: can cultural tourism halt Britain’s coastal erosion?
Huw Lewis: museums can help address inequality
Simon Stephens: Turner Contemporary and the regeneration debate
Felicity Heywood: community involvement starts at the top
Vox pop: big national project versus community projects?
Felicity Heywood: co-production means more than community consultation
Piotr Bienkowski: 2020 Vision
Gareth Wyn Jones: 2020 Vision
News reports
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News analysis: shortage of community spirit
Community work needs overhaul
Organisations and relevant resouces:
Collections Link: Participation
Value of the arts, social impact, economic impact, evaluation, quality, arts in urban regeneration, arts in rural areas
Paul Hamlyn Foundation: Our Museums
Reports and books:
Local Government Association: driving growth through local government investment in the arts (pdf)
Arts Council England: the Contribution of the arts to the economy
GLAEconomics: Culture and regeneration – what evidence is there of a link and can it be measured? (pdf)
Association of Independent Museums: the economic value of the independent museum sector (pdf)
London Museums Group Blog: Radical Collaboration - Tools for Partnering with Community Members
Nina Simon: The Participatory Museum
Bernadette Lynch: Whose Cake is it Anyway? A collaborative investigation into engagement and participation in 12 museums and galleries in the UK
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