Our latest news and events.
- Manchester’s Playful Museum at the MA ConferenceAt the MA conference this year we led a workshop about Manchester Museum’s Playful Museum project. We wanted to demonstrate how we have begun to put the Happy Museum principles ...
- Story Museum – Mood Tree and Happy TrackerFinally in our week of blogs from the Story Museum, Oxford… The mood tree As part of the Happy Museum project, we’re interested in learning about the impact we have on our ...
- Story Museum – Heritage Story GuidesWe’re running a training programme at The Story Museum in heritage story skills. Fourteen adult volunteers, aged from 18 to 65, who are not currently working or studying, are taking ...
- Story Museum – Just the ticketThird in our series of blogs from the Story Museum, Oxford who will be hosting our meeting of Happy Museum Commissions on 15th November… Our first exhibition, ‘Other Worlds’ in May ...
- Story Museum – Signs of the timesOurs is a dilapidated building, awaiting transformation. Health and safety is vital in our warren of empty rooms, uneven surfaces and unexpected corners. So we do need signs; but how ...
- Story Museum – Windows into other worldsThe first of several blogs from the Happy Museum commissioned Story Museum… The Story Museum plans to open fully in 2015. At the moment, we’re still in our development phase ? ...
- Happy Museum Responds to the Museums 2020 ConsultationMuseums 2020 is the Museums Association’s initiative to create a bold vision for UK museums and their impact – the difference museums can have on individuals, communities, society and the ...
- Second Round of Funds for Museums that Foster Wellbeing That Doesn’t Cost The EarthThe groundbreaking Happy Museum announces a second round of awards as part of a wider programme funded by Arts Council England’s Renaissance Strategic support fund. Six additional UK museums and ...
- New £60,000 Commision Fund LaunchedHappy Museum is delighted to announce a second open application fund of £60,000 – available to museums to demonstrate how building links between sustainability and well-being can leave a legacy ...
- Notes from a small museum – Zen and the art of museum maintenance?Last week we had our first full meeting with our project partners. I wanted to start by explaining the inspiration behind our project but found myself going round in circles ...