Author: MEL Research.
New research published by AIM, Welsh Government, Arts Council England and NMDC, explores the opportunities and challenges presented by land and outdoor spaces.
Despite the amount of land owned and managed by museums, and the critical importance of land management in the context of museums and heritage organisations, there exists a gap in comprehensive, sector-wide research exploring the opportunities and challenges.
This new research seeks to begin to fill this knowledge gap by capturing a snapshot of practice across museums and investigating the multitude of roles land plays within these organisations.
This includes examining land as a component of business models; as a medium for audience and community support; and as a tool for climate resilience and adaptation.
In the context of this report, we refer to land as encompassing a range of green and blue spaces of different sizes – from small outdoor areas within urban sites, to meadows, lakes and gardens, to larger landscapes (e.g. outdoor museums and heritage attractions).
The report includes a number of case studies from AIM members as well as a toolkit that allows museums and heritage organisations to start putting the recommendations into practice in their own land management strategies.
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The research included six site visits to understand the practicalities of land management strategies and to compile the following video case studies of ‘best practice’. Plus, you can watch the recording of the webinar where the lead researcher presented the key findings.