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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…
Sotera is an Insurtech start-up that uses AI and a proprietary risk algorithm to evaluate the risk of collections to improve how they are insured. The company was founded by two former archaeologis…
Kerb appeal
19/07/2023 in Innovation & Risk
The phrase “Kerb appeal” is not something one immediately relates to museums and insurance! But the phrase can be a useful umbrella term to thinking about the outside of your museum and how to …
Dr Clare Mills, Charity Finance Group, explains how, despite its rise, AI hasn’t yet replaced human intelligence when it comes to preventing cyber-attacks, and shares tips on what you can…
The power of possibility
07/06/2023 in Innovation & Risk
Martin Howard from Associate Suppliers Hayes Parsons Insurance Brokers responds to the upcoming conference theme. Whilst chatting to a new museum client recently, we were he…
Considering mergers or closures?
24/04/2023 in Innovation & Risk
Martin Howard from Hayes Parsons Insurance Brokers outlines some key considerations for organisations thinking about mergers or even closure. The museum sector has many thin…
In a new regular Technology Column, Associate Supplier Rod Barlow shares his top tips for maximising the potential of technology in your museum. This month the focus is online shops –…
AIM spoke to Ameeta Lodhia, Business Development Manager, Museum of the Order of St John to uncover how the team set up an Escape Room, opening up new markets in their Clerkenwell neighbour…
Military museums insurance focus
17/08/2022 in Innovation & Risk
Associate Supplier Hayes Parsons Insurance Brokers consider how military museums might protect their assets and activities. The UK has an amazing wealth of military museums …
Discount for AIM members on Naomi Korn Associates training courses
29/07/2022 in Events, Innovation & Risk
Naomi Korn Associates have published the dates for Autumn training courses and are offering AIM members 20% off the delegate rate of any of their public courses with the use of code AIM20.…
Lights! Camera! Action!
27/06/2022 in Awareness & Networks, Innovation & Risk
From Downton to The Repair Room, Gentleman Jack to Peaky Blinders, many AIM members host production teams for both the small and silver screen. But what does it entail, and can it be a reli…
Protecting your trustees
13/06/2022 in Innovation & Risk, Trustees
Not for profit organisation trustees can protect themselves and their assets through carefully assessing risks and potential solutions explain Hayes Parsons Insurance Brokers. …