LIFE survey (Learning, Interaction, Feelings, Environment) Sophisticated, individual survey before and after activity to identify Learning, Interaction, Feelings and Environmental awareness outcomes. Download (docx): LIFEGuidanceHappyMuseum See also our ‘Are you a Happy Museum?’ Survey

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by Mandy Barnett – Happy Museum Research Associate The Happy Museum project is especially targeted at museums that want to encourage participation and activism.  We particularly focus on work with communities and the wider environment, sometimes called ‘place-making’.  On 13th June we are holding our annual training day for museums who share our desire to ‘measure […]

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Researching cultural wellbeing through Learning, Interaction, Feelings and Environment   LIFE is a free to join research project into cultural wellbeing, which will help you to evidence the impact of your service or project robustly. It is especially useful for organisations that want to encourage participation and activism, and that are working with their community, […]

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Since 2012 Happy Museum has worked to re-imagine the purpose of museums as stewards of people, place and planet, supporting wellbeing and building resilience in the face of global challenges.  The project is informed by six key principles which underpin the work of growing community of practice. To date this activity has been predominantly in […]

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‘How long was your journey to get here today?’ was the first question a room full of museum and cultural professionals were posed on a wet March 1st in Birmingham’s Fazeley Studios. Responses ranged from ‘half an hour’ to ‘I was up so early I can no longer remember!’ As well as providing an opportunity […]

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Measure What Matters Fazeley Studios Birmingham 1st March 2016, 10-5pm Our third Happy Museum ‘Measure What Matters’ event is a holistic look at evaluation in museums.  From tools to transformation, the day will combine practical instruction on Happy Museum tools, whilst applying strategic approach to organisational change. It is targeted at staff who are able […]

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Using a Story of Change to plan and review Happy Museums is at the heart of measuring what matters.  It’s a logical approach which reverse-plans from the difference we are hoping to make to what we do and how we do it; the Why? What? and How? of a Happy Museum. Find our more about […]

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Create the conditions for wellbeing is one of the Happy Museum Principles – for relevant tools and resources see links below Why?  Communities who are Learning together, Interacting with each other, Feeling happy, active and worthwhile, Environmentally aware and caring for their surroundings (see our LIFE survey) will have higher levels of wellbeing and be […]

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These tools and methodologies have been devised and tested within our Community of Practice.  They range from the quick and simple to the most robust we can manage.  They are grouped by use and the tool table is a summary: Overview This chart shows all our tools This is guidance about how and when to use […]

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The DCMS have recently published a report Culture, Sport and Wellbeing, and analysis of the Taking Part Survey which focuses on the extent to which engagement with culture and sport is associated with happiness. Tony Butler, Chair of the Happy Museum Project and Director of Derby Museums comments – ‘It is interesting and really good […]

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