Breaking News: It’s great to be able to share today that Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds has been awarded £1.5m from the Heritage Lottery Fund. I became involved in this project earlier this year and for a short time worked with the team quite intensively to...
This blog post is an attempt to round up the discussion at a session I chaired at the BIG Event in July*. BIG is a skills-sharing network for individuals involved in the communication of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects. It’s been...
As summer begins, another cohort has passed through the taught modules of the University of Edinburgh MSc in Science Communication and Public Engagement and onto the dissertation stage to complete their degrees. This is starting to feel like an established routine at...
Last month I was in London for the Visitor Studies Group annual conference, close to the first anniversary of the death of architect Zaha Hadid in March 2016. It seemed fitting tribute to visit the maths gallery at the Science Museum, or to give it it’s rather...
This week for a client proposal I’ve been pulling together all the electricity exhibitions, exhibits and activities that I’ve worked on over the years. There have certainly been a few! Electricity is a great topic to cover with hands-on exhibits but...
Museums Association Conference Careers Hub session: Monday 7 November 1500-1545 Expertise for hire: successful working with freelancers Session leader: Lyndsey Clark, museum consultant Our workforce model is changing to include more freelance workers than ever before....
