Our latest news and events.
- Stewardship, Equity, Flow – the Happy Museum report by Tony Butler Symposium 2014At our Symposium (2014), Founder Director Tony Butler presented a paper – Stewardship, Equity, Flow – reviewing the first three years of the Happy Museum project. ‘As it completes its third ...
- Happiness is…? Report by Frances Reed – Symposium 2014Share aggressively, steal with pride and none is as smart as all of us. It was under the guidance of these messages that the Happy Museum Project held its 2 day conference ...
- My Happy Museum Journey by Afsheen Butt – Symposium 2014Afsheen Butt is a member of Aik Saath, a Slough-based charity that empowers and supports young people to lead and deliver change in their community. Aik Saath worked in close ...
- Happy Museum presents to the Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural ValueOn Wednesday 2nd April, Mandy Barnett, Happy Museum Evaluator, presented on Happy Museum to the Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Value. The commission aims to undertake a comprehensive ...
- Happy (Cantie) Museums launch in ScotlandOn 26th February 2014 a group of 30 museum practitioners gathered at the Royal Society in Edinburgh to discuss the formation of a Happy Museum (or ‘Cantie’ Museum after Burns: ...
- Press Coverage of Torquay Museum’s “Young Sustainability Champions” ProjectTorquay Museum recently featured in the local press for their Happy Museum-funded project, Young Sustainability Champions. Working with the pupils and teachers in the Geography Department at Torquay Boys Grammar ...
- All Party Parliamentary Group for Wellbeing – “Culture and Wellbeing” 2013 ReportHappy Museum were instrumental in initiating this APPG session, which investigated the role that evidence about wellbeing plays in shaping policy on cultural activities. Witnesses and members at the House of ...
- 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 ...