Consider playfullness, creativity, activity and aesthetics is one of the Happy Museum drivers that deliver the How – for relevant tools and resources see links below. Museum Case Studies Some case studies where this driver was tested out in practice. Themed Case Studies Themed case study focusing on this driver. Tools Some tools you might like to […]

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Share ownership. Ensure mutual benefit is one of the Happy Museum drivers that deliver the How – for relevant tools and resources see links below. Museum Case Studies Some case studies where this driver was tested out in practice. Themed Case Studies Themed case study focusing on this driver. Tools Some tools you might like to […]

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Anticipate challenge and change is one of the Happy Museum drivers that deliver the How – for relevant tools and resources see links below. Museum Case Studies Some case studies where this driver was tested out in practice. Themed Case Studies Themed case study focusing on this driver. Tools Some tools you might like to use.

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Share a wellbeing vision is one of the Happy Museum drivers that deliver the How – for relevant tools and resources see links below. Museum Case Studies Some case studies where this driver was tested out in practice. Themed Case Studies Themed case study focusing on this driver. Tools Some tools you might like to use.

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The General Assembly Room at the Royal Academy of Arts is a decadent chamber surrounded by golden pilasters and magnificent paintings such as John Constable’s the Leaping Horse. Originally a bedroom, then a state dining room, the room was came into its current usage as meeting space for the General Assembly, the R.A’s governing body […]

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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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Happy Museum are delighted to highlight this conference, put together by Dr Nicola Mann who worked with us until last year! Friday 18th March 2016 Richmond, The American International University in London, Lecture Theatre, 17 Young Street, London, UK, W8 5EH The conference is free and open to the public but you must register online. […]

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The Happy Museum was delighted to invite Tom Crompton of the Common Cause Foundation to speak at a recent gathering of our 5-Year Study Group of museums.  Tom spoke about the Foundation’s research into Human Values and Frames and opened up a discussion into the implications and opportunities of this work in museums. He observed: […]

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What does exploration of our relationship with the material world offer to museum practice? In the light of global challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity and financial instability, Happy Museum challenges museums to rise to the challenge of supporting our transition to a higher-wellbeing, lower consumption society. We have arguably entered a new geological […]

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‘a sustainable future – whatever form or forms it takes – will be decided by people in relation to their cultural traditions and values.’ UNESCO Sustainability Framework The contexts in which we work are increasingly informed by large-scale challenges from social inequality to human-made climate change. At times of change and uncertainty about how we […]

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