Training and events
Elevenses – 7th January 2021
MDY Support for 2021 and beyond
Join Liz Denton and Michael Turnpenny for a first look at support packages available from MDY, to be delivered from April 2021. We’ll talk you through the options available and answer any questions you may have.
Elevenses – Wednesday 13th January
Developing & Delivering Health & Wellbeing
Victoria Ryves, from Heritage Doncaster, joins us to talk about how they have developed their public offer around health and wellbeing, and Hannah Jones from Thackray Museum of Medicine talks about their work on threading medical capital throughout their lifelong learning programme.
Elevenses – Wednesday 20th January
A New Year Collections Health Check
Alan Bentley and Dieter Hopkin will discuss how to give your collections management activity a health check – and how this can help you to decide whether to join one of MDY’s development cohorts in 2021.
Yorkshire Industrial Collections Network – Brew Up!
Researching Diverse Histories in Industrial Collections
The on-going curatorial process of developing collections knowledge and sharing this contextual information has been attracting attention in recent months. We’ll take a look at a case study from within the region and have opportunity to talk about your ideas and challenges in addressing this work.
Elevenses – Monday 25th January
MDY Cohorts for 2021 and Beyond
Michael Turnpenny and Liz Denton will talk about MDY’s learning cohorts offer for 2021-22. This is your chance to hear more, ask questions and consider which development opportunities might be best for your museum in 2021-22.