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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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AIM’s digital advice and guidance round up
22/04/2021 in Visitor Focus
There’s a host of advice and guidance available to help you engage with your audiences via digital activity, from putting a strategy in place through to evaluating activity and improv…
How are you using social media?
21/04/2021 in Visitor Focus
Heritage Creative have launched a series of white papers Heritage Briefings aimed at digital marketers in the culture and heritage sector. Each takes a deep dive into an aspect of Digital w…
Vaccinations at Salisbury Cathedral
20/04/2021 in Awareness & Networks
The Very Reverend Nicholas Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury explains how AIM member Salisbury Cathedral got involved with the vaccination effort. When the news about the avail…
Flexible, proactive and practical, AIM’s work has changed continuously in response to the impact of the pandemic. Below are just some of our highlights from a challenging year.…
AIM is pleased to launch the 2021…
British Museum Knowledge Share event series – new dates released
23/03/2021 in Awareness & Networks, Events
The next sessions in the British Museum Knowledge Share Spring Event Series are now open for booking. Designed for people working in museums and cultural heritage, these free online events a…
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…
When we think of the Welsh Valleys our thoughts generally turn to male voice choirs, Tom Jones, rugby and of course coal – the black gold that fuelled so much of the industrial revolution and lef…
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…
Now is the ideal time to take a look at your website from your visitors’ perspective and check it’s working as effectively as possible. Here are some top tips from our associate suppli…