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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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The Museums of the North West Photogrammetry Hub highlights the potential of creative partnerships with universities
26/02/2021 in Collections
AIM spoke to the University of Liverpool’s Dr Ardern Hulme-Beaman and Garstang Museum Curator, Dr Gina Criscenzo-Laycock along with Elsa Price, Curator of Human History at Tullie House  
Can you support a conservation student volunteer?
22/02/2021 in Collections
CHEIN – a network of higher education institutions working with Icon – is looking for AIM members who can offer conservation students volunteering opportunities. …
Stop – Start – More – Less
22/02/2021 in Innovation & Risk, Leadership & Culture
2021 is going to be a tough year so we do not have much choice but to find opportunities, ways to transition, search out collaborators and create new beginnings and new thinking, says Busin…
Apply now – AIM Pilgrim Trust conservation grants
02/02/2021 in Collections, Finance
Applications are open for the latest round of AIM Pilgrim Trust Conservation grants, which support small to medium sized museums to care for their collections more effectively and efficiently and t…
We’re pleased to welcome Conservation Resources to AIM as our newest Associate Supplier. Conservation Resources UK was established more than 30 years ago and supplies museums, gallerie…
It’s Showtown!
21/12/2020 in Awareness & Networks, Innovation & Risk
Seeking to bring together the best of museum and visitor attraction, Showtown celebrates Blackpool and its role in the development of British popular culture. We spoke to Learning and Engag…
Let’s take this outside
17/12/2020 in Innovation & Risk, Visitor Focus
With many museums forced to limit their indoor space, interpretive designers the Creative Core celebrate the joys and possibilities of outdoor interpretation for museums and visitors alike. …
Steps to Sustainability – Building a Sustainable Heritage Sector – applications open
20/11/2020 in Innovation & Risk
AIM is pleased to be partnering with The Social Enterprise Academy as they open applications for their new National Lottery Heritage Fund project – Steps to Sustainability! This opport…
AIM and Museums Association are working together to support the sector in accessing the Kickstart Scheme…
Apply now – AIM Collections Care Audit, Collections Care and Conservation Grants
02/09/2020 in Collections
Goal AIM h…
Hayes Parsons Insurance Brokers on assessing risk and financial viability
06/08/2020 in Finance, Innovation & Risk
Following the welcome issue of reopening advice and guidance Ben Leah, Director, Hayes Parsons Insurance Brokers highlights how museums might a…
Top 10 Ways That Digital Interpretation Can Improve Your Visitor Experience
21/10/2019 in Innovation & Risk
Digital interpretation comes in a bewildering array of forms. It also has a confusing number of names; sometimes its multimedia and sometimes it’s interactive or mobile interpretation. It can be …