Case Studies

In the words of the Conference themes, the Conference was a fantastic way to be inspired, engaged, enabled and connected!

It was a fantastic opportunity for four of our staff members to attend the Army Museums Ogilby Trust Conference in York

Setting up a New Museum has provided the current manager with many learning points to guide this process to create a more sustainable, equitable museum as well as meet and learn from others who are starting on their road of setting up a museum.

This was the first time in a long time that I was able to see colleagues from across the sector face to face and hear how things were progressing since re opening.

The Brighter Day funding from AIM and the Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars Charitable Trust has enabled the museum to digitise a significant proportion of the archive collection, preserving the remarkable story of Gordon Russell and his company, and unlocking new opportunities for research, engagement and income generation.

Thanks to the invaluable support of the AIM Training Grant, the SCOTS Museum’s two staff members attended this year’s AMOT conference in York.

We attended both workshops and found they were pitched at exactly the right level for our needs.

An inspection of military compasses and watches after a change of administration and storage policy brought to light the fact that some of these items held by the museum were potentially radioactively unsafe.

When I found out AIM were running a two-part course on Setting up a new museum, I was eager to enroll and was delighted when AIM offered us the grant to cover our costs.