![]() The Foundling Museum will develop a creative portal for care-experienced people. The aim is to produce aa fully collaborative, co-curated outdoor exhibition across County Durham. Durham University, County Durhamĭurham University’s ‘Street Museum’ is a six-month project to transform the streets of low engagement neighbourhoods in Durham into museums. The project will be co-produced with local community participants, who will be recruited through links with partner organisations. ![]() Running over 12 months, Brent Council’s Harlesden Trailblazers project will produce a digital trail using QR codes celebrating the contributions of Black, African and African-Caribbean communities to Brent. Produced with and for Birmingham’s communities, the project will involve underrepresented communities local to Aston Hall to ensure that Birmingham Museum Trust’s digital offerings are more inclusive and multidirectional. Working with UKRI-AHRC has helped us develop a ground-breaking funding stream that will support museums to build on the new ways of working that have evolved in the pandemic and we look forward to continuing this partnership.įurther information The Digital Innovation and Engagement Fund recipients Birmingham Museums Trust, Birminghamīirmingham Museum Trust will run a six-month project addressing: The 14 grants awarded represent the best of a very competitive funding round and range from innovative co-curated online tours to explore decolonial narratives, to creative online forums for care-leavers. The Digital Innovation and Engagement grants were a timely opportunity for museums to build on their creativity in engaging their communities during lockdown and to develop their skills in the digital space. Sharon Heal, Museums Association Director, said: There is a lot of optimism about what this means for the sector and investments such as there will support museums to continue to innovate and grow. The resources developed to enable this has had the additional positive outcome that it has helped them to reach diverse, global audiences and has redefined what is possible for the future. Our nation’s museums have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to educate and inspire audiences while their doors were closed. Professor Christopher Smith, AHRC Executive Chair and UKRI International Champion, said: This investment will bring diverse, underrepresented voices into museums to share their experiences, so that new audiences benefit from our outstanding museums and museums benefit from different perspectives.Ĭoming together as a society to learn and discover new things is a key part of our cultural lives, and the recipients of this funding will help to facilitate this in novel and exciting ways. They help us to understand our past and imagine a better future. Museums play a vital role in bringing communities together. Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, Chief Executive of UKRI, said: UKRI and the Museums Association are committed to providing long-term support for the museum sector to ensure that our nation’s most beloved cultural institutions emerge stronger and more resilient. The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously impacted museums in the UK and while many have reopened their doors, they are still battling with its consequences. the Scottish Fisheries Museum project to crowdsource digital local histories.the National Football Museum in Manchester translating the women’s experiences of football into a podcast series by and for local young women.These funded projects will explore innovative ways of engaging with new and existing audiences, including but not limited to: UKRI’s public engagement team and AHRC will be supporting museums on this journey of change, innovating and testing approaches to deliver more diverse content to more people and to creatively explore and innovate for their audiences of the future. This has been an extraordinary period, one that has had, and will continue to have, significant long-term impacts on how museums function, their audiences and their role in society.īut the shifting habits of museum audiences has provided a catalyst for change in the sector not seen since World War 2. The fund is a collaboration between UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and The Museums Association.Ī total of £600,000 will support 14 museums across the UK to kick-start, scale up, and evaluate the innovations they so adeptly designed through the COVID-19 pandemic. The Digital Innovation and Engagement Fund is supporting museums to explore digital innovations such as bespoke video games and telepresence robot guides.
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