Members Together: Scotland
Perth Art Gallery
Join our free event – exclusively for our members
Members Together: Scotland offers a brilliant opportunity to familiarise yourself with what is happening at the MA, from our work on climate justice, decolonisation, wellbeing and anti-racism to the funding opportunities we offer. Find out how to put our guidance into practice in your museum and to hear how to make the most of your membership benefits. It also offers the chance to hear updates from, and network with, your colleagues in Scotland.
Getting our members together for interactive, lively discussions, key information and feedback, is core to our membership offer and one of the many ways we highlight and celebrate our diverse membership. It ensures your voice is heard, and that the MA reflects your work in our policy campaigns.
Join us at Perth Art Gallery for an event that is open to all individual members, commercial members and anyone who works for an organisation that is an institutional member.
There will also be the chance to network and be taken on an exclusive tour of the venue.
Please note that this is an in-person only event. We are planning a new programme of free online-only events for our members and will announce details shortly.
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Programme
Optional tour of the Waters Rising exhibition at Perth Museum
Delegates are invited to take part in a guided tour of the Waters Rising exhibition at Perth Museum, led by Niamh Findlay, Exhibitions Assistant, Culture Perth and Kinross. The exhibition, which closes on 16 March, explores the growing threat of the global climate emergency by sharing stories and objects connected to flooding from Scotland and abroad. More information will be provided in delegate joining information.
Optional career conversations with Tamsin Russell
Tamsin Russell, Workforce Development Lead, the Museums Association, is available for informal career one-to-ones in the cafe ahead of the event starting. To book a half-hour slot please email Tamsin@museumsassociation.org
Registration and networking
Delegates are invited to arrive at the Soutar Theatre in Perth Art Gallery for 1330 to collect their badges and enjoy a tea or coffee with other delegates.
Introduction from the Chair
Rebecca Atkinson, Event Programme and Content Editor, Museums Association, opens the event with some housekeeping announcements and introduces the agenda for the day.
Welcome from Steve Miller
Steve Miller, Museums Association President, Director of Culture & Heritage, Norfolk County Council, Head of Norfolk Museums Service, welcomes members and discusses his priorities as the president of the Museums Association.
Updating the Code of Ethics
India Divers, Policy and Campaigns Officer, Museums Association, leads an interactive session to discuss the MA’s work to update the Code of Ethics. Delegates talk through different ethical scenarios and discuss how the Code of Ethics can support everyday ethical decision making in museums.
Professional learning – Supporting your Wellbeing
Tamsin Russell, Workforce Development Lead, Museums Association, outlines the different opportunities for professional learning and explores how prioritising your professional learning is a self-care activity.
Comfort break
A 10 minute comfort break.
Championing Social Justice
Unicorn, the debut exhibition at Perth Museum when it reopened last year, was named the winner of the Museums Change Lives Championing Social Justice Award 2024.
Ashleigh Hibbins, Head of Audiences and Learning, Culture Perth & Kinross and JP Reid, Exhibitions & Interpretation Manager, Culture Perth and Kinross, share how this collaboration with community groups has had an impact on the organisation and its audiences.
Anti-racism programmes in Scotland: What progress have we made so far?
This interactive panel discussion will explore some of the anti-racism work taking place across Scotland and share the lessons and progress so far.
With:
Sheila Asante, Programme Manager (Delivering Change), Museums Galleries Scotland
Titilayo Farukuoye. Empire, Slavery & Scotland’s Museums Manager, Museums Galleries Scotland
Zandra Yeaman, Curator of Discomfort, Hunterian Museum
Lyn Stevens, Curator, Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh Council
Sharon Heal, Director, Museums Association (facilitator)
More panellists will be confirmed in due course.
How can the Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund support your museum and communities?
In the final session of the event, Sarah Briggs, Grants Manager, Museums Association, shares how the Museums Association’s funding programmes can support your work.
Networking
A chance to network with colleagues.
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