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Beamish Museum – September 2015
Towards self-sufficiency with purpose…Or how to adapt and prosper in the age of austerity
Beamish Museum – September 2015
UK context….
Beamish Museum – September 2015
UK context….
Museums >
Beamish Museum – September 2015
We must have such a museum in England: otherwise so much
would be lost along with the equally important chance to tell
everyone about their own pastDr Frank Atkinson, 1952
Beamish Museum – September 2015
Beamish Museum – September 2015
Beamish Museum – September 2015
Beamish Museum – September 2015
Future planning – including the 1950s
Beamish Museum – September 2015
Any transferable lessons?
1. Clear, distinctive purpose: Everyone’s work aligned to this. Led with passion.
2. Entrepreneurial: Innovate – match what’s possible with what’s needed.
3. Inclusive: Absolute focus on a diverse audience.
4. Creating value: Use knowledge/collections to create experiences that people pay for.
5. Learning: Through participation - using collections to tell stories.
6. Community resource: Social meeting points, inter-generational. Democratic.
7. Delivering social/economic benefits: Tourism; Health; Jobs; lifelong learning; training
8. Investing in people: developing progression routes
9. Networked: outward looking, learning from others, digital
10. Continuous evaluation: Know your performance – share learning in a transparent way
Beamish Museum – September 2015
Thanks for having me
Richard EvansDirector, Beamish Museum