lessons learnt. community museums | zoe gealy
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Lessons LearntCommunity Museums
Zoe Gealy Senior Learning Oficer Amgueddfa Cymru/National Museums Wales
“Wales is extraordinarily rich in culture and heritage, and if local communities can draw more deeply on these resources, they can help to raise achievement, reduce poverty and foster pride in community. The foundations are all there. What is needed is common purpose and clear frameworks to enable people to work together creatively.”
Baroness Kay Andrews OBE
Don’t re-invent the wheel
ASK….. What communities want/need?
Look at other local provision
Check days
Suitable timing?
Where?
Transport
Pride in Penderry – Community Museum
Pride in Penderry – Kids in Museums Takeover Day
PARTNERSHIP
Communities First
Housing staffLocal Librarian
Time to manage it?
Time to set up?
Popular times to visit?
VOLUNTEERS
Realistic & Achievable
‘You can’t force people to like the things that you do’Gregor Henderson – Director of Wellbeing and Mental Health at public health England
Ownership
Self Sustained
Communal facility
Main things we have learnt…so far
• Build flexibility into your methodology• Find out what your partners agendas are –
can you link to them?• Catch your hare - get the coordinators on
board first.• Devise projects that link to 2,3 or more
different agendas • Don’t re-invent the wheel – use what you
have. Hook in to what others are doing already
• Take advantage of unexpected events • Check that your project is realistic and
achievable.
• Work in Partnership whenever possible – work shared is halved.
• Use expertise from other departments within your organisation and keep all informed in the loop.
• Attend other people’s events to target hardest to reach audiences in their comfort zone
• Stay flexible and adaptable• Regularly review how you approach projects
and how you evaluate.• Keep an eye on what is affecting your
partners - ie. changes to the way the local authority can operate under times of extreme financial stringency. Review charging policies regularly.
What happens next
Welsh Government funding• Amgueddfa Cymru has to adjust to new funding
amount from Welsh government
Local Authorities• Changes in how Welsh Govt asks councils to
work with communities in areas of deprivation• Possible phased closure of Communities First
structure locally.
National Waterfront Museum • Keeps targeting CF areas with its special
outreach programmes• Keeps working in partnership
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