Museums training programme

Quarantine Conservation Bitesize

[Newly added]

Tuesday, 28 January 2025

10.30am – 11.30am
Online (Zoom)

Join us for our first hour-long bitesize session of the year, where we will explore the importance of quarantine procedures for newly acquired objects and items entering collections, and discuss the quarantine process step-by-step. Additionally, this session will address common concerns such as pest infestations and mould, providing strategies for their identification and treatment.

Introduction to Comms

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

10.30am – 3.00pm
National Army Museum, London

Attendees will gain an understanding of how paid marketing, email, PR and social media work together to form external museum comms. This course will provide an overview of the different communication types available to museum professionals and some of the costs involved, including:

• Earned – online press, newspapers, radio, tv, podcasts, influencers
• Owned – website, social media channels, e-news
• Paid – outdoor and digital advertising, print adverts, partnerships

There will be a chance to explore a real-life case study of how these elements work in practice and to explore content creation ideas as a group. Advice will also be given on how to get stakeholder buy in from senior management and funders, and how to demonstrate and measure success.

Modes for Beginners

[Fully booked]

Thursday, 6 February 2025

10.30am – 12.30pm
Online (Zoom)

This two-hour workshop will introduce users to the basics of Modes and include techniques such as:

• Navigating Modes
• Finding records
• Viewing and sorting records
• Exporting records
• Editing records
• Creating records

No previous experience of Modes is necessary.
Attendees should be confident in basic IT and use of Zoom.
Modes does not need to be installed on the device being used to join the session.
It is recommended that attendees join on a device with a keyboard, camera and microphone to allow full interaction.

Modes for Beginners

Thursday, 13 February 2025

10.30am – 12.30pm
Online (Zoom)

This two-hour workshop will introduce users to the basics of Modes and include techniques such as:

• Navigating Modes
• Finding records
• Viewing and sorting records
• Exporting records
• Editing records
• Creating records

No previous experience of Modes is necessary.
Attendees should be confident in basic IT and use of Zoom.
Modes does not need to be installed on the device being used to join the session.
It is recommended that attendees join on a device with a keyboard, camera and microphone to allow full interaction.

Advanced Modes

[Fully booked]

Thursday, 20 February 2025

10.30am – 12.30pm
Online (Zoom)

This two-hour course will expand on Modes for Beginners and explore more advanced techniques such as:

• Using and manipulating subsets
• Creating and editing grids
• Validation and termlists
• Managing multimedia
• Global editing via the grid
• Importing data

Attendees should have completed the Modes for Beginners course or have equivalent experience of navigating, searching, editing and creating Modes records.
Attendees should be confident in basic IT and use of Zoom.
Modes does not need to be installed on the device being used to join the session.
It is recommended that attendees join on a device with a keyboard, camera and microphone to allow full interaction.

Advanced Modes Plus

[Fully booked]

Thursday, 6 March 2025

10.30am – 12.30pm
Online (Zoom)

This two-hour course will build even further on the techniques learnt in Modes for Beginners and Advanced Modes, including:

• Designing templates
• Bulk location updates
• Procedure records
• Person records

Attendees should have completed the Modes for Beginners and Advanced Modes courses, or have equivalent experience of navigating, searching, editing and creating Modes records.
Attendees should be confident in basic IT and use of Zoom.
Modes does not need to be installed on the device being used to join the session.
It is recommended that attendees join on a device with a keyboard, camera and microphone to allow full interaction.

Modes Administration

[Fully booked]

Thursday, 13 March 2025

10.30am – 12.30pm
Online (Zoom)

This two-hour course will provide an introduction to Modes administration processes and include techniques such as:

• Managing users
• Managing files
• Managing multimedia
• Managing indexes
• Managing validation

Attendees should have completed the Modes for Beginners and Advanced Modes courses, or have equivalent experience of navigating, searching, editing and creating Modes records.
Attendees should be confident in basic IT and use of Zoom.
Modes does not need to be installed on the device being used to join the session.
It is recommended that attendees join on a device with a keyboard, camera and microphone to allow full interaction.

Governance Training

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

10.30am – 4.00pm
National Army Museum,London

This day-long workshop will explore what good museum governance looks like for museum board trustees and directors/managers.

The workshop will cover why governance within museums is important and how good governance can be implemented in your organisation, including:

• knowing what good governance looks like
• how museums can differ from other types of charity
• understanding what open recruitment is and why it’s so important
• understanding conflict of interests and policy creation to combat it
• how to run productive board meetings
• succession planning and the problems this can pose

National Army Museum Conference 2025

[Newly added]

Monday 28 April 2025

National Army Museum, London / Online (Zoom)

Join us, either in person or virtually, for the 8th annual National Army Museum Conference. The day will be packed with presentations on museum best practice, relevant projects and initiatives, as well as Army Museum sector updates.  The event also provides an excellent opportunity to network with other UK Regimental & Corps Museum professionals. A full programme of speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.

When booking, please indicate (under 'Additional requirements') whether you wish to attend in person or via Zoom.

Regimental Curators’ Course

[Newly added]

Tuesday 29 April - Friday 2 May 2025

National Army Museum, London

This four-day training course covers various aspects of museum best practice and working with Army collections, and is open to staff, volunteers and trustees working in Regimental & Corps Museums.

Topics covered during the week include an introduction to preventative conservation, learning services, marketing for military museums, research and archives, photo identification, exhibitions, collections care and management, and much more.

Imperial Legacies: Curating Your Colonial Collections (Northern Region)

[Newly added]

Tuesday 6 May 2025

Museum of Liverpool

This full-day workshop is aimed at helping those museums interested in developing the interpretation and display of their colonial collections. Focused heavily on practical work, the session will look at how to create co-production projects based on shared heritage and the telling of contentious histories. Delivered by Chris Berriman and Freya Samuel.