Changing perceptions of the roles of museums in interpreting history

We are the regional Museum Development team giving free support to Accredited and Working Towards Accreditation museums.Our vision is to create and sustain a community of vibrant and dynamic museums that celebrate our diverse cultural heritage.

South East Museum Development Team

This session gives an introductory overview of changing ways museums in the United Kingdom have interpreted history from cabinets of curiosities to the 21st century museum as an agent of social justice.

We will be looking at how colonialism and enslavement have shaped museums’ representation and interpretation of diverse histories. There will be opportunities for participants to discuss and reflect on the discussions the session will elicit.

This will be an online session over Zoom, led by Isilda Almeida, an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, with over 20 years’ experience in heritage audience engagement, and Maurice Davies, a cultural consultant who has advised museums for over 30 years.

The session is open to all staff, volunteers and trustees working in museums in the south east but will particularly suit those in small to medium-sized museums who are just starting to consider Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.Please note: this event is being run by South East Museum Development. Therefore places are only available to organisations in the South East region. By signing up to the training you agree to adhere to our terms and conditions, including completing the post session evaluation.By booking a place on to a South East Museum Development training event, you are agreeing to the following :<ul><li>To ensure fair distribution, only one representative from each museum can book a place on this training course. Additional bookings from the same museum will go on to a reserve list. Places on this training course will be confirmed by email.</li><li>That you are either a paid staff, a volunteer or a trustee who works within or with a South East museum or heritage organisation which is in Arts Council England’s Accreditation Scheme (either fully accredited or working towards accreditation). Where this is not applicable (i.e. you are a non-accredited museum), you acknowledge that in the event that training is oversubscribed, priority will be given to museums or heritage organisations in the Arts Council England Accreditation Scheme.</li><li>It is a condition of receiving the training provided without charge that the evaluation form is completed by the specified deadline in the email notification, unless a paper evaluation is specifically provided on the day of the training session for completion before the end of the session.</li></ul>

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