Back in May-June, we surveyed the MCG community to gauge interest in us running this year’s conference online and learn from your experiences of attending virtual events. Thank you very much to the 77 people who participated! Interest in a virtual MuseTech2020 Although about a third of participants (34%) had not previously attended an in-person […]
The Museums Computer Group’s Museums+Tech 2018: the collaborative museum conference is shaping up to be a great event, set to inspire and challenge a wide range of attendees. The event takes places at the National Gallery in London on Friday 19 October. We want to make sure that the messages emerging from the conference are […]
Every few years, the Museums Computer Group runs a survey to deepen and quantify our understanding of the sector. This year, we’re focusing on the challenges and opportunities currently faced by people working with technology in museums and the heritage sector. The results of this survey will be shared via our discussion list, website and […]
With just over a month until the Museums + Tech 2017 conference, it’s time for us to throw open our annual call for nominations for new MCG Committee members. Joining the MCG Committee is a great way to help the sector and support your peers in museum technology. It’s also an opportunity to meet new […]
In our last blog post, we introduced some of the new and existing committee members of the MCG. As you can tell, there are quite a few active committee members working together to run the Museums Computer Group and connect, support and inspire the museum technology sector. But what does it actually take to run […]
It made my day to see our fabulous community of email discussion list members mentioned in the Audience Agency’s Katie Moffat’s ‘Digital Snapshot’ newsletter: The Museums Computer Group has an email discussion group that frequently throws up valuable insights, for example, this discussion about how museums (and other arts orgs) can work with influencers. Related […]
There was some debate about whether unpaid internships that could be considered ‘unpaid jobs’ should be posted on the MCG’s discussion list back in May 2017. As a result, we ran a poll from May 28 to mid-June. While the language of the poll was a bit more strict than we tend to be, asking […]
We are currently updating how we manage MCG membership to make it easier to keep track of members, and for members to update their details with us as they move jobs or change emails. We’re currently emailing everyone on our membership registry about this and asking them to add their details to our new list […]
The goal for distributed events The MCG’s mission is to connect, support and inspire people working with technology in museums. Our goal in changing event formats is to achieve our mission by reaching more people so they can access the resources of the wider digital heritage community and create stronger local networks. Working with locals […]
Joining the MCG Committee is a great way to support your peers and help the sector. It’s also an opportunity to meet people, gain valuable skills and experience, and enhance your CV. We’re an active group, putting together events and projects that have a real impact on the heritage sector. If you are motivated […]