‘Go Collaborate’ MCG Spring Meeting in partnership with Culture24 – Brighton – 17th June Friday 17th June 2011 10am to 5pm (arrival from 9.30am) Lighthouse 28 Kensington Street, Brighton, BN1 4AJ Now – perhaps more than ever – is a moment for the museum sector to look outwards and see the opportunities for collaboration. At a time when the sector’s governance is... 

The Museums Computer Group ‘UK Museums on the Web’ Conference 2010 hosted by the Museum of London Including a joint evening session with Wikimedia UK hosted at the British Museum The hashtag for this event was #ukmw10. Themes of the day: The UK cultural heritage sector is entering a turbulent period. The policy landscape is being reshaped, funding streams renegotiated and portfolios of... 

Museums Collections Centre, Birmingham 25 Dollman Street, Birmingham B7 4RQ Training Room  Read More →

Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre, V&A, London Fully booked! For over five years the annual UKMW conferences have been the place for high quality presentations and discussions on the matters that are shaping museums online today. The Sackler Centre By remaining in touch with the leading edge of research, the politics of policy, as well as the day-to-day realities of professional work, UKMW... 

BIAD School of Art, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Co-hosted by Birmingham Institute of Art & Design & Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery [table "14" not found /]  Read More →

London Transport Museum [table "23" not found /]  Read More →

David Wilson Library, University of Leicester [campus map] organised by the Museums Computer Group sponsored by Culture 24 How (and why) should museums connect their online collections? Should museums pursue a policy of standardised and heavyweight national integration, or a mixed portfolio of more localised lightweight solutions? Should the sector continue to plan for users visiting museum Web... 

The Web is changing – faster, smarter, more personal, more social. The software that drives it and the usage that shapes it are evolving at a rapid pace. Is the museum sector responding to this evolution? And as visible and trusted providers of rich and unique content might museums have, in fact, an opportunity to influence the future Web?  Read More →

Presentations A day of papers, presentations and discussions concluded with an anniversary reception at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, the venue of the first ever MCG meeting 25 years ago.  Read More →

The Flett Theatre, Natural History Museum, London [table "18" not found /]  Read More →