Our latest news and events.
- The Serious Benefits of Fun Workshop 2014 – ReportThis development day was put together to share and learn from some of the excellent Happy Museum project practice around well-being, play, creativity and fun. Three commissioned museums presented about ...
- Measure What Matters Workshop 20014 – ReportYesterday, the Happy Museum Project (HMP) held an exciting Open Workshop on Measuring What Matters at the beautiful Fazeley Studios in Birmingham. Attended by representatives from 33 museums and arts ...
- Imagining the Future of Museums – Happy Museum at the 2014 MA ConferenceA few weeks ago, at the MA Conference in Liverpool, the Happy Museum participated in a fascinating panel discussion. The session, led by Maurice Davies, ued the MA’s Museums Change ...
- New blog from Craftplay at Bilston Craft GalleryBack in July 2013, WAVE (The Museums, Galleries and Archives of Wolverhampton) and Craftspace were recipients of funding from the Happy Museum for their project, “Craftplay: Discovering the World through ...
- New Stand Up for Woodhorn blogBack in July 2013, the Woodhorn Charitable Trust were recipients of funding from the Happy Museum for their project, “Stand Up for Woodhorn: Making a Case for Comedy in Museums.” ...
- 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 ...