Listen to yourself and your ideas

In our final interview with participants on the pioneering Curating for Change programme, we caught up with Jack Guy, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery and Claudia Davies, Black Country Livin…

Museum profile – Bradford Police Museum

“Our volunteers make the museum possible.” Martin Baines outlines the story of the Bradford Police Museum. The Bradford Police Museum is a small indepen…

King Charles III Charitable Fund Launches New Small Grants Programme

The King Charles III Charitable Fund has launched a new Small Grants Programme to support projects that will improve people’s lives and build sustainable communities across the UK. …

Public consultation on Martyn’s Law

You may be aware that a further public consultation on the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, also known as Martyn’s Law, has been launched. The consultation will run for 6 weeks and…

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…