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- Revealing Reading’s Hidden Histories – second project update Reading Museum’s Happy Museum commission has deepened our dialogue with neighbourhoods in Reading. With the support of Neighbourhood Action Groups (NAGs) we have made contact with residents in areas of ...
- Congratulations to The Beaney – Nominated for a Collections Trust Award! Many congratulations to The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge in Canterbury! Their Happy Museum sponsored exhibition, “The Paper Apothecary,” is up for a prestigious Collections Trust: Excellence in Collections ...
- Happy Museum films VIDEOS FROM THE FIRST HAPPY MUSEUM SYMPOSIUM IN 2012 Tony Butler – Describing the reasons behind the Symposium VIEW Tony Butler Abigail Tripp – The Cinema Museum, describing what the Symposium meant to ...
- BES – benessere, equo, sostenibile equal and sustainable well-being an Italian view by Tony Butler It seems that across Western Europe communities and municipalities are reassessing what it means to have a good life. This week I was invited to Piedmont in Italy to speak ...
- Daniel Fujiwara radio interview on The Voice of Russia On April 24th, ‘Happiness Economist‘ Daniel Fujiwara was interviewed by The Voice of Russia World Service in a special programme on Maria Miller’s recent speech on value and the arts ...
- Happy Museum Open Workshops 2013 – a report In April 2013 the Happy Museum Project (HMP) held Open Workshops in Newcastle and Birmingham. Staged in the Great Northern Museum and The Fazeley Studios respectively, the venues providing magnificent ...
- Sustainability in North West Museums – A blog by Anna Bunney, Manchester Museum Bees on the roof of Manchester Art Gallery, Love Food Hate Waste Roman food recipes from the Grosvenor Museum in Chester and monitoring electricity use in the Victorian buildings of ...
- Museums and Happiness – Research Report 2013 The Happy Museum Project wants museums to play an active part in a sustainable future, by fostering wellbeing that doesn’t cost the Earth. So it’s helpful to have the proof ...
- Experimenting with Object Handling at IWM North – report 3 of 3 Here is some information about the final two object handling models that we tested over February Half Term. 3. The third model continued in the playful vein, with visitors being invited to ...
- 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 ...