Museums in Scotland awarded £421,000

Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) has announced that £421,857 has been awarded to 9 museums across the country thanks to support from the Scottish Government. MGS, the national development b…

Cultural infrastructure maintenance assessment

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has commissioned a major research project to understand the scale and nature of England’s cultural infrastructure maintenance needs.…

Seasons greetings from AIM

Congratulations to all AIM members, your dedicated staff, valued board members, and passionate volunteers for skillfully navigating yet another challenging year. Whether you’re anticip…

Acting for the future

Dr Jenny Peachey, Senior Policy Advocate, Carnegie UK on future generations, wellbeing, and relevance. Future generations and museums  Our great-gre…

Curating for Change

In part one of a series, we caught up with Amelia Silver – Fellow – Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds and Freya Purcell – Curatorial Fellowship Assistant – Bristol Culture from t…

AIM Connected Communities – first round of grants awarded

More than 15,000 people are being supported into volunteering and given opportunities to build social connections in libraries, museums, arts organisations and charities thanks to Governmen…

Museum Profile – Milton’s Cottage

Milton’s Cottage: where paradise was lost and found Open to the public since 1887, and based in the Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles, the Cottage is the pl…

First round of Re:Collections Grants awarded

Three museums have been awarded Re:Collections Grants totalling over £54,000. Funded from the Welsh Government Anti-Racist Wales Culture, Heritage, and Sport Fund, Re:Colle…

Steady state? AIM’s latest survey findings

In September 2023 AIM conducted a survey on how the sector is managing in the midst of challenges including continued high energy bills, lingering effects on audience numbers following the Covid-19…

Change of leadership at Association for Cultural Enterprises as new CEO Gordon Morrison takes up role

A new chapter has begun at the Association for Cultural Enterprises, as long-standing CEO Jill Fenwick retires and is succeeded by newly appointed CEO Gordon Morrison. Durin…

Guidance on advancing trans inclusion

Guidance on advancing trans inclusion for museums, galleries, archives and heritage organisations.  In the context of growing uncertainty and anxiety surrounding trans-incl…

State of the sector survey

AIM’s 2023 state of the sector survey is now open and we want to hear from you. Following on from our previous surveys, we’re keen to assess how museums have fared o…