Our latest news and events.

  • Transformation for liveable futuresTransformation for liveable futures
    CreaTures/Happy Museum pointers to making change Making a better world calls on us to work towards positive cultural change – above and beyond essential reduction in our carbon footprints. Cultural ...
  • Join the Happy Museum Steering GroupJoin the Happy Museum Steering Group
    Would you like to join us in re-imagining museums for a sustainable future by fostering wellbeing that doesn’t cost the earth? Museums face a host of pressing challenges – the ongoing ...
  • Book Review – FlourishBook Review - Flourish
    Flourish – Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency by Sarah Ichioka and Michael Pawlyn “This exploration of the way we live now and ways we might live is challenging and inspiring.” Hilary ...
  • Share your reflections on our new ManifestoShare your reflections on our new Manifesto
    The thing about Happy Museum is that they mean it, this manifesto is not for show – it’s an honest and true articulation of what matters to them, and to ...
  • Good Work: How might we re-think our work and our working relationships for good?
    This No Going Back conversation took place at a time of many emergencies and injustices beyond the pandemic itself – the climate emergency; biodiversity loss; social inequality; systemic racism; radicalization ...
  • Welcome to our new Steering Group membersWelcome to our new Steering Group members
    Together, Julie’s Bicycle and Happy Museum seek to accelerate the transition to a sustainable and climate resilient cultural sector which fosters the wellbeing of people, place and planet. As part of ...
  • Seeking members for new Steering GroupSeeking members for new Steering Group
    Inviting you to consider joining the Steering Group of Happy Museum Happy Museum invites people to think afresh about the role of museums by asking fresh questions; offering different perspectives and ...
  • New partnership with Julie’s BicycleNew partnership with Julie's Bicycle
    Happy Museum are delighted to announce our new collaboration and partnership with Julie’s Bicycle. Together, Julie’s Bicycle and Happy Museum seek to accelerate the transition to a sustainable and climate ...
  • Call out for museum teams for new Peer Learning ProgrammeCall out for museum teams for new Peer Learning Programme
    About No Going Back In this Happy Museum programme, we seek to build on the particular power of museums to draw on past stories of rapid transition and transformation; and to ...
  • Creative Civic Connections for ClimateCreative Civic Connections for Climate
    In this session we explored how museums can connect with their communities to respond to the climate emergency with immediacy, reciprocity, creativity and fun – using shared and pop up ...