Creating family friendly exhibitions Please Note: this is a recording of a session which took place 3 July 2024. The purchase includes access to the recording until February 2025 to view as many times as you like, as well as resources used during the training. Do you want to create a family friendly exhibition in your museum, but aren’t sure where to start? About this training During this session, we will be exploring the process of developing and delivering a family exhibition with practical tips and ideas. This training webinar will be led by Sarah Shaw, former National Family Interpretation Manager for English Heritage. Her work included collaboratively designing family friendly experiences with families at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Birdoswald Roman Fort, which won the Best Family Day Out UK Heritage Award in 2020. She was also the project manager for the Marvellous and Mischievous: Literature’s Young Rebels exhibition at York Art Gallery in 2023. The session will help delegates to: discuss how to plan for families in exhibitions find out how to use learning and play styles for interpretation and resources learn top tips for developing family friendly exhibitions think about how you consult with families to develop your provision hear ideas for wider improvements to your family visitor experience. Take a look at the full schedule. Who should attend? This training is aimed at staff who work in museums, art galleries and heritage sites who are interested in developing successful family friendly exhibitions.
Working with young volunteers Would you like to work with young volunteers in your organisation? About this event During this training session, we will be exploring all aspects of how to work with young volunteers, from recruitment and logistics to safeguarding. This webinar will be led by Eleanor Moore the Sustainable Volunteering Officer with the Museum Development South West Programme. Her background is in social and community history curatorship and advisory work within the museums sector, with experience of managing volunteer teams. She will be joined by Sebastian Amos, Chair of Trustees and Adam Marsden, Young Volunteer at Transport Museum Wythall and Rania Nur, former Young Volunteer, now Trustee at the Museum of the Home. They will be sharing case studies about the young volunteer programmes in their organisations. The session will help delegates to: understand the importance of this work think about how to develop young volunteer roles gain inspiration from case studies to take your own work forward understand good practice around safeguarding and young volunteers. Take a look at the full schedule. Please note: This is a recording of the session which took place 18th June 2024. Who should attend? This training is aimed at staff who work in museums, art galleries and heritage sites who are interested in developing or improving their provision for young volunteers. Voluntary volunteer co-ordinators, whose main role is to lead day-to-day on the involvement of volunteers and/or young people, would also benefit from this session.