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- Happy Museum Learning & Evaluation Report and Summary – 2013The Happy Museum Project are pleased to announce the publication of our first major Learning and Evaluation report. One of the principles of Happy Museum is to ‘measure what matters’, ...
- Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery receive a Happy Museum awardWe’re delighted to announce that Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery, Bangor (GMAG) will join the Happy Museum Community of Practice as third round recipients. GMAG join 9 other museums and ...
- New Happy Museum Commissions Announced!Happy Museum Press Release The groundbreaking Happy Museum announces a third round of awards as part of a wider programme funded by Arts Council England’s Renaissance Strategic support fund and CyMAL, ...
- Revealing Reading’s Hidden History – Oxford Road Fun Day!Earlier this month, contributors to the Oxford Road element of the Revealing Reading’s Hidden Histories project gathered to share the fruits of their local research at the annual Oxford Road Fun ...
- Landscapes of the Mind conference at The Lightbox 2013 – ReportHappy Museum Project – Landscapes of the Mind: The Art of Wellbeing conference, 28/06/13 The conference discussed the thinking behind the Happy Museums Project, described its progress, and went through some ...
- Chiltern Open Air Museum win Environment Award at Pride of Bucks ceremony!Many congratulations to Happy Museum funding recipients, the Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM), on their Environmental Award win at the first Pride of Bucks ceremony! The event was organised by ...
- Revealing Reading’s Hidden Histories – second project updateReading 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 filmsVIDEOS 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 ButlerIt 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 ...