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This section features news, events and staff and Trustee vacancies from across the museum and heritage sector.
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Job vacancy – Part Time Curator and Projects Officer at Stourbridge Glass Museum
16/12/2020 in Job Vacancies
Job title: Part Time Curator & Projects Officer Location: Stourbridge Glass Museum Salary: £16,600 Term: 3 year fixed term contract Hours: 26 hours per week on a flexi…
Heritage Heroes Awards 2020
16/12/2020 in Awareness & Networks
Heritage Heroes Awards 2020: Nominations are now open! Do you know someone who went in to check on an empty heritage building in lockdown? Do you know someone who check…
Update on VAT issues and case law from Buzzacott
16/12/2020 in Finance
AIM Associate Supplier Buzzacott, recently held a webinar session at the CFG annual conference to share recent case law and VAT issues for the charity sector. This session is relevant for al…
Free webinars for the heritage sector – booking now https://rebuildingheritage.org.…
Re-engaging your visitors
16/12/2020 in Visitor Focus
Due to the altered COVID-19 landscape, we may have to re-learn what our visitors want, explains Colin Mulberg. The museum and heritage sectors are dealing with shifts in vis…
Job vacancy – Freelance strategic development consultant at Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life
15/12/2020 in Job Vacancies
Project: Strategic Development Consultancy Location: Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life Fee: £10,000 including VAT and all expenses including travel Status: Freelance Consultant…
Job vacancy – Community Development Officer at Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
15/12/2020 in Job Vacancies
Job title: Community Development Officer Salary: up to £20,000 p.a subject to qualifications Term: initially a 6-month contract Location: Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, Ll…
Understanding how visitors and their opinions have changed in a COVID world is invaluable. Two new services can help AIM members explore their visitors’ experience and tailor their respon…
Merchant Services 101
15/12/2020 in Finance
Although taking card payments is now paramount for all museums, industry data suggests seven out of ten of all businesses pay unnecessary Merchant Services fees. But what are Merchant Services? How…
Museum Profile – Black Cultural Archives
14/12/2020 in Awareness & Networks
Black Cultural Archives (BCA) in Brixton is the home of Black British History. Our mission is to collect, preserve and celebrate the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent in the UK a…
Trustee vacancy – UK Antarctic Heritage Trust
10/12/2020 in Trustees
The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, based in Cambridge, is looking to strengthen and enhance our Board of Trustees with new skills and ideas and the energy to deliver our vision. We are seeking indivi…
What more can we do?
09/12/2020 in Leadership & Culture, Visitor Focus
Management Consultants Fourth Street highlight how responding to COVID-19 demands constant creative thinking, not least as museums are perhaps more important to our communities tha…