Renaissance in the Regions
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council has established a Museum Hub in each of the English regions to promote best practice in the sector. The key tasks of the Hubs are to develop as centres of excellence; provide leadership for the regional museums and galleries in terms of practice; demonstrate how the sector can impact on social and economic priorities in the region and deliver quality services.
Below is an overview of the aims of the North West Museums Hub. For details of current activities and objectives visit MLA North West.
The North West Hub
Leading the creation of outstanding, innovative and inclusive museums for England’s northwest
This is a partnership between Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Museum, the Whitworth Art Gallery, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston and Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle. It includes the Museum of Science and Industry Manchester, the People’s History Museum, Manchester and Lancashire County Museums Service as First Partners. It has funding to deliver an ambitious programme supporting the development of outstanding, innovative and inclusive museums for the region.
It is working in partnership with three regional National Museums: National Museums Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, The Imperial War Museum – North, The National Football Museum, Preston
Impact
The Hub members, First Partners and Nationals attract 4.2 million visits and users per annum. This is 51% of the total visits to registered museums and galleries across the region as a whole. They welcome some 500,000 visits from schools and other learning groups, an estimated 2.1 million day visitors and tourists and provide services for over 1.6 million residents from the local communities.
They employ nearly 1,200 staff, enjoy the support of some 17,000 days of volunteer participation and have a combined annual turnover of some £40 million.
Together these leading museums and galleries are a substantial force for change and they bring tangible benefit to the economic, social and cultural life of the region.
Roles & responsibilities
The Hub
The Hub structure provides the rationale and opportunity for its members to work closely together for greater efficiency, effectiveness and regional benefit:
– enabling best practice to be shared
– providing collective strength and bargaining power for commissioning research and
lobbying for the sector
– contributing to staff development by enabling staff to work together on joint projects
and initiatives
– providing a sector-specific point of reference for regional and national partnerships
and agencies
NW Hub with Support from First Partners
– Delivers the Renaissance in the Regions agenda in partnership with Museums, Libraries
& Archives North West (MLA NW)
– Hub Leader has formal link role to both MLA NW and MLA
– Hub Leader will represent Hub members on the National Museums and Galleries Committee
for the Regions
– Undertakes joint initiatives between its members and promulgates best practice arising
from these to the wider museums and galleries community
– Implements and monitors the Hub Education Programme Delivery Plan
– Promotes Hub members’ regional, national and international activities
– Works in partnership with MLA NW to implement workforce development strategy, focusing
on initiatives that build on Hub members’ strengths and capacity using
Inspiring Learning for All as the framework.
MLA NW/Hub Joint Responsibilities
– User research
– Data collection and evaluation (standards and monitoring)
– Joint delivery of agreed initiatives
– Strategic planning for the sector alongside others
Principles informing the work of the NW Hub
– Empowerment - fulfilling the potential of the region’s museums and galleries, exploring new
approaches to development, disseminating good practice,
promoting Inspiring Learning For All.
– Partnership – spreading benefits and levering in resources through collaboration,
maximising evaluation and training, building on good practice
– People – changing lives, connecting with children and with communities, especially
those from backgrounds without a tradition of visiting museums.
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council has established a Museum Hub in each of the English regions to promote best practice in the sector. The key tasks of the Hubs are to develop as centres of excellence; provide leadership for the regional museums and galleries in terms of practice; demonstrate how the sector can impact on social and economic priorities in the region and deliver quality services.
Below is an overview of the aims of the North West Museums Hub. For details of current activities and objectives visit MLA North West.
The North West Hub
Leading the creation of outstanding, innovative and inclusive museums for England’s northwest
This is a partnership between Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Museum, the Whitworth Art Gallery, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston and Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle. It includes the Museum of Science and Industry Manchester, the People’s History Museum, Manchester and Lancashire County Museums Service as First Partners. It has funding to deliver an ambitious programme supporting the development of outstanding, innovative and inclusive museums for the region.
It is working in partnership with three regional National Museums: National Museums Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, The Imperial War Museum – North, The National Football Museum, Preston
Impact
The Hub members, First Partners and Nationals attract 4.2 million visits and users per annum. This is 51% of the total visits to registered museums and galleries across the region as a whole. They welcome some 500,000 visits from schools and other learning groups, an estimated 2.1 million day visitors and tourists and provide services for over 1.6 million residents from the local communities.
They employ nearly 1,200 staff, enjoy the support of some 17,000 days of volunteer participation and have a combined annual turnover of some £40 million.
Together these leading museums and galleries are a substantial force for change and they bring tangible benefit to the economic, social and cultural life of the region.
Roles & responsibilities
The Hub
The Hub structure provides the rationale and opportunity for its members to work closely together for greater efficiency, effectiveness and regional benefit:
– enabling best practice to be shared
– providing collective strength and bargaining power for commissioning research and
lobbying for the sector
– contributing to staff development by enabling staff to work together on joint projects
and initiatives
– providing a sector-specific point of reference for regional and national partnerships
and agencies
NW Hub with Support from First Partners
– Delivers the Renaissance in the Regions agenda in partnership with Museums, Libraries
& Archives North West (MLA NW)
– Hub Leader has formal link role to both MLA NW and MLA
– Hub Leader will represent Hub members on the National Museums and Galleries Committee
for the Regions
– Undertakes joint initiatives between its members and promulgates best practice arising
from these to the wider museums and galleries community
– Implements and monitors the Hub Education Programme Delivery Plan
– Promotes Hub members’ regional, national and international activities
– Works in partnership with MLA NW to implement workforce development strategy, focusing
on initiatives that build on Hub members’ strengths and capacity using
Inspiring Learning for All as the framework.
MLA NW/Hub Joint Responsibilities
– User research
– Data collection and evaluation (standards and monitoring)
– Joint delivery of agreed initiatives
– Strategic planning for the sector alongside others
Principles informing the work of the NW Hub
– Empowerment - fulfilling the potential of the region’s museums and galleries, exploring new
approaches to development, disseminating good practice,
promoting Inspiring Learning For All.
– Partnership – spreading benefits and levering in resources through collaboration,
maximising evaluation and training, building on good practice
– People – changing lives, connecting with children and with communities, especially
those from backgrounds without a tradition of visiting museums.
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