Please join MCG Committee members, speakers and others for a pre-UKMW14 conference ‘Drinking About Museums’ aboard The Tattershall Castle, a fantastic paddle steamer bar moored just off Embankment Bridge with a great view of the London Eye and the Thames. This will be a great opportunity to enjoy a drink and informally network with colleagues […]
The Museums Computer Group are delighted to announce George Oates as the opening keynote speaker at UKMW14. As the creator of Flickr Commons, she’s had a huge impact on the cultural sector. As if that wasn’t enough, her wider experience has given her an international and interdisciplinary perspective on design and technology, and a sense […]
The Museums Computer Group is an independent not-for-profit organisation. The MCG Committee consists of nine members working across operational areas including admin and membership support, events, communications and special projects, and an Executive group consisting of a Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Our goal is to help our members and the wider cultural heritage sector by […]
This year’s Museums Computer Group Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place at the UK Museums on the Web 2014 conference on 7 November 2014 at the Natural History Museum. The AGM will include the election of nominees to the Committee. Joining the MCG Committee is a great way to support your peers and help […]
Why attend UKMW14? We think you’ll have a great time, learn lots and meet fascinating people. But if you need to make a a case to your boss, or include it in your professional development plan, here’s why we think UKMW is an essential part of your museum learning this year… The cut & paste […]
The Museums Computer Group’s annual conference was held at the Flett Theatre in the Natural History Museum on Friday November 7 2014. The theme for UKMW14 was ‘Museums Beyond the Web’. Update: check our ‘UKMW14 round-up: reports, tweets, slides and images’ post for event reports, videos, photos, and more. Tickets sold out, but you […]
The Museums Computer Group will be holding our annual UKMW conference at the Natural History Museum on Friday November 7 2014. The theme for UKMW14 is ‘Museums Beyond the Web’. Don’t miss out! Book now: http://ukmw14.eventbrite.co.uk/ What does ‘the web’ mean to those of us working with digital and museums today? Increasingly, our visitors’ online […]
The MCG’s Spring Meeting, Museums Get Mobile! #MGM14 was held at M Shed, Bristol on 16 May 2014. If you’ve written about MCG’s Museums Get Mobile let us know and we’ll add your post. We’ll also post podcasts as soon as we can for our event round-up: Event speaker Lindsey Green wrote up her presentation […]
A quick post to put all the details for tonight’s #drinkingaboutmuseums Bristol: we have a table reserved from 6:30pm at the Watershed Café/Bar, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 5TX (map). They serve a range of fresh, local and seasonal food, local ales and non-alcoholic drinks so there should be something for all. As always, our […]
The MCG Committee has written to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to them to support net neutrality. The text of our letter is below. We owe particular thanks to The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) Open Letter on Net Neutrality for the impetus for and form of our letter. The international Museums […]