Museum Policy USA: NSCA collections value advocacy
The US Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA) has published various case study/advocacy materials on the value and use of natural history collections.
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Museum policy UK: Internships
New guidelines on internships in museums are available from the UK Museums Association, adding to Arts Council guidance and those from NCVO.
Museum policy UK: standards for collections
BSI has released a new document on collections standards to take account of energy use and carbon impacts: PAS 198:2012- Specification for managing environmental conditions for cultural collections. Origins with the Collections Trust and background from the Chief Executive of the Collections Trust, Nick Poole, on his blog.
Museum policy UK: renaissance funding programme and reviews.
The Arts Council of England (ACE) took over umbrellla responsibility for English non-national museums on the abolition of the Museums, Archives and Libraries Council. ACE has published Culture, knowledge and understanding: great museums and libraries for everyone (a companion document to their arts strategy) also asks for consultation views. Also of interest is A Review of Research and Literature on Museums and Libraries - supporting development of the strategy. New Renaissance funding also announced.
Museum policy USA: interview with SI Secretary
Interview in Science with Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian - online extended interview as well. Mention of the SI research grand challenges. Science 5 August 2011: 333 (6043), 694-695. [DOI:10.1126/science.333.6043.694]
Museum policy USA: Fiscal commission raises issue of Smithsonian charging
The US Fiscal commission has produced a draft report on possible savings in the Federal budget - and raises the possibility of introducing charges for entry to the Smithsonian to recoup possible budget cuts, drawing the comparison with private museums.
Museum policy: display of human remains
Interesting short opinion piece in New Scientist on the ethics of display and possession of human remains by Soren Holm.
Museum Policy UK: Public engagement with museums Conference at UCL, January 25 2010
Conference on "Museums, Researchers and Engagement: Working Together to Develop Our Skills" at University College London on 25 January 2010. Organised via the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement, which is responsible for public engagement initiatives and networking in English higher education. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funds a network of beacon institutions for excellence in this area.
Museums UK: Collections Trust and Collections Link
Good talks from Nick Poole and Laura Whitton of the Collections Trust yesterday at the NHM. Nick spoke about the role of the Collections Trust, the changing role and strategies of museums in the UK, and the development of the new documentation and process standards in Spectrum 4. Laura spoke on Collections Link.
Natural history museums will need to engage on Spectrum 4 to ensure that the emerging consensus on standards and accreditation reflects the distinctive character, development and use of natural sciences collections: we need to develop a more energetic dialogue.
Nick made interesting points on likely political, policy and strategic changes for UK non-national museums as a result of funding cuts planned in local government. There will need to be more discussion on approaches to collections management, disposal, better use of collections and related issues.