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The Charities Act 2022 – what this means for museum trustees

Context The Charities Act received Royal Assent in February 2022 and applies only to England and Wales. It implements recommendations from Law Commission report (2017) and Lord Hodgson’s…

Trustee vacancy – Chair – Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is seeking a Chair to lead its Board of Trustees. The role of the Chair is to provide leadership and guidance to enable the Board to fulfil their…

Trustee vacancy – Holst Birthplace Trust

Holst Birthplace Trust (Holst Victorian House), Cheltenham’s only independent museum, a period house which was the birthplace of the composer Gustav Holst, is welcoming enquiries from people wit…

Latest AIM Pilgrim Trust conservation grants awarded

The three grant schemes developed in Partnership with Pilgrim Trust, deliver funding support to organisations that may lack the confidence or expertise to apply to a major funder directly, whilst a…

Trustee vacancy – Penlee House Gallery & Museum

Penzance Council is looking for up to three advisors who would be willing to give their time and expertise to sit on the Council’s Penlee Committee in a voluntary capacity to help Penlee House ac…

Trustee vacancy – The Musical Museum

The Musical Museum is London has an opening on the Board for the key role of Finance Director. The renowned collection and Music Hub, with a capacity of 250, produces revenue from community and com…

Borrowing beauty

Haslemere Educational Museum recently hosted a British Museum Spotlight Loan for their touring exhibition Troy: beauty and heroism. The Spotlight Loan featured an Etruscan f…

Lights! Camera! Action!

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…

Trustee vacancy – Royal Cornwall Museum

The Royal Institution of Cornwall is an organisation with a long history that is now in an exciting phase of change with ambitious future plans. This is a pivotal time in our development and we’r…

Museum Profile – Foundling Museum

The Foundling Museum’s mission is to transform lives through creative action. We tell the story of the Foundling Hospital, which was established in 1739 by the philanthropist Thomas Coram…

Port Sunlight announces World Heritage bid after UK Government reopens the Tentative List

The UK Government’s open call for applications to the Tentative List for World Heritage Site (WHS) inscription gives the exemplary worker village Port Sunlight a once in a decade opportunity to b…

Ban on dealing in elephant ivory
Ban on dealing in elephant ivory
22/06/2022 in Uncategorised

On 6 June 2022 the ivory ban came into force. The Ivory Act 2018 prohibits dealing in ivory items unless they meet one of five narrow and carefully defined exemptions and are either registered or h…

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