Our latest news and events.
- Experimenting with Object Handling at IWM North – report 2 of 3 Following on from our earlier sessions, the other four models were also unleashed on an unsuspecting public during February half term! Here is some information about the first two models ...
- Linking the past with the present in Museum Displays We met to discuss how we might link the past with the present in museum displays, a question which touches on several Happy Museum themes – ‘connect’, ‘mutual relationships’, ‘active ...
- Academic article on musuems as partners for public health interventions Take a look at Paul Camic and Helen J Chatterjee’s excellent new article on museums and art galleries as partners for public health interventions: Camic and Chatterjee Paul Camic & Helen J ...
- Experimenting with Object Handling at IWM North – report 1 of 3 Our Happy Museum project is concerned with trialling and evaluating different object handling methods and looking at how we can create more meaningful conversations with our visitors around them. During a ...
- Symposium 2013 – blog by Tony Butler In the first of a series of blogs from our recent Symposium – Tony Butler, Happy Museum Director, talks about what we’ve learnt so far…. The Happy Museum was designed as ...
- Symposium 2013 – blog by Ailsa Strachan A personal perspective from Ailsa Strachan of Manchester Museum This year’s symposium felt different to last year’s. Last year, I was part of a new commission. Everything was new and uncertain ...
- Symposium 2013 – Blog responses and Report Between 6-8th February, 45 attendees made their way to the beautiful Trafford Hall in Chester for the second Happy Museum symposium. Commissioned projects, speakers, and guests from across the museum, ...
- Symposium 2013 – blog by Sian Thurgood The word I used when asked to sum up the Happy Museum Symposium on Friday was ‘proud’. However reflecting on it a few days later on a miserable wintry evening, ...
- Short film of the 2013 Symposium Clive Ardagh of Onward Productions has put together this great compilation of symposium footage – we hope it gives you a flavour of the event. Happy Museum Symposium 2013 Watch out for ...
- Linking wellbeing and sustainability – how confident are we? How confident are we in making the link between well-being and environmental sustainability? Catherine Langabeer, Operations Director at Julie’s Bicycle attended the recent Happy Museum Symposium where she posed the following ...