In February we opened up an online conversation – Stormy Socials – to discuss the rampant information disorder sweeping the social media eco-system. In collaboration with the Museum of Homelessness we invited museum practitioners to join us to explore ethical use of social media. We were keen to explore how we can speak honestly and authentically with […]
Read More →See below for events in our Open Conversation Programme for 2025 (including registration for upcoming events and reports/recordings of past events) Tending to Endings – exploring how we close, dispose and end well in museums Tuesday, November 11 · 12:30 – 2pm Are you, or your museum, struggling with something you need to bring to […]
Read More →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 us all. Al Tickell – Director Julie’s Bicycle Museums face a host of pressing challenges – the ongoing impact of the pandemic, the cost of […]
Read More →In placing our focus on the wellbeing of people, place and planet, Happy Museum has from its outset explored what we value as a society, how we measure it and the particular contribution of culture. Merely counting visitor numbers tells us nothing of the quality of their experiences and, working with the principle ‘measure what […]
Read More →Dip in! – click the links for recordings and reports What if Museums could become engine rooms of the imagination? With Rob Hopkins, activist and writer; Hannah Fox, Derby Museums and Lucy Neal, Theatre maker and activist Creative Civic Connections for Climate Emergency With Debbie Bourne, Transition Kentish Town, Farhana Yamin, Environmental Lawyer and Climate […]
Read More →Apocryphally former Chinese foreign minister Zhou Enlai, when asked about the impact of the French Revolution, noted that it was ‘too early to say’. Likewise we have no real idea of what the world will look like in the aftermath of Covid-19. All societies effected by the lockdown will be aware of the limitations placed […]
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