The South West Fed warmly welcomes our members to attend our 93rd Annual General Meeting at The Salisbury Museum. For the past year, The Salisbury Museum has been working on Past Forward, a major £5.1 million project funded with a £3.9 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This project […]
In 2022, Hampshire Cultural Trust opened ‘878 AD’, an innovative and award-winning visitor attraction that tells the story of 9th-century Winchester and how it transformed under the reign of King Alfred. Come and try the experience for yourself and see how they combine real museum collections, immersive theatre, and augmented […]
Young V&A (formerly the Museum of Childhood) opened its doors in July 2023 after a £13m refurbishment project and rebrand. Housed in a Victorian workhouse in London’s Bethnal Green, the building’s cavernous interior has been completely transformed into themed galleries, hands-on play areas and workshop spaces. The museum takes a […]
Join us at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery for an exhibition visit, an insightful afternoon of talks, and a networking opportunity with sector peers – all focused around highlighting the vital contribution disabled people have made to our society, now and in the past. Itinerary 12.30pm: Arrival and curator’s introduction […]
Come and discover the magic behind the immersive visitor experience at SS Great Britain. Travel through time on board the ship, get up close to the impressive iron hull in the historic dry dock, and visit the award-winning Being Brunel Museum, where you’ll meet one of Britain’s greatest engineers. The […]
We are living in the age of waste. Join Elise Foster Vander Elst (an exhibition maker who focuses on green transitions in museums) and discover how the Design Museum is learning to cut the environmental cost of exhibitions. We all know waste is a big problem. So how are we […]
Join Dr. Amy Frost (Senior Curator, Bath Preservation Trust) and Iona Keen (Heritage Interpretation Consultant) as they discuss the Our Tower Project. This project has been undertaken to restore one of Bath’s Georgian landmarks – Beckford’s Tower – which will create a new experience for visitors. At the age of […]