The Museums Computer Group provides a forum for discussion between museum, gallery, archive and higher education professionals who work with computers and new technologies. We meet at least twice a year at different museums throughout the UK.

ICT now plays a major part in new museum projects across a wide spectrum of disciplines and departments. The MCG provides a forum for debate and a source of practical help through the possibilities it provides to connect, support and inspire its members.

UK Museums on the Web

The MCG also organises the annual UK Museums On The Web conference, aimed at museum web site managers and those working with web content in museums.

Constitution

The MCG is governed by a constitution which you can read here.

Find us online

The MCG’s e-mail discussion list is a lively forum for support and debate with your peers, and is our main channel of online communication.

The MCG is on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup.

We’re on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ukmcg.

Our hashtag is #ukmcg.

History
The MCG is approaching its 30th anniversary as a group. It began when a group met at the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge, over 15-16 October 1982, at the end of which it was decided that they should meet again and be The Museums Computer Group, with Bill Pettitt as chair. They then met as the MCG on 15-16 April 1983 at the Manchester Museum.

In 2007 we celebrated our 25th anniversary back at the Sedgwick with an evening celebratory reception and birthday cake, after Museums and the Web 2007 at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

We’re hoping to share more of the MCG’s history online – if you have memories of past meetings, personalities, newsletters or discussions to share, we’d love to hear from you.