Our latest news and events.
- 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 ...
- Revealing Reading’s Hidden Histories – first project update There is very positive indication that the Happy Museum project will be the starting point of a process of deepening dialogue with the communities with both the Oxford Road and ...