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NMDC Newsletter

Read our monthly newsletter, which includes updates on NMDC activities and news from around the UK museum sector and beyond. 

Museums' international activity

NMDC has embarked on a new project looking at the international work of its members.

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Posted: 7th May 2010

Investing in culture will build Britain’s social and economic recovery

Today Britain's leading cultural and heritage organisations have joined together for the first time to launch their vision for the future in the document, Cultural Capital: A Manifesto for the Future.

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Posted: 25th Mar 2010

NMDC calls for Government support for museum partnership working across the UK

NMDC is calling on all major political parties to commit to sustained Government support for national-regional museum partnership working across the UK.

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Posted: 1st Feb 2010

NMDC highlights the unique role of museums

NMDC’s new publication, Museums Deliver, demonstrates the wide-ranging social and economic importance of museums in the UK.  The report describes the activities of our museums and their unique role in society from the global stage to the local high-street.

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Posted: 6th Jan 2010

Major museum projects transform visitor experience

Major museum projects transform visitor experience

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Posted: 3rd Nov 2009

Learning by Doing: How Can Museums Inspire Young People?

The UK’s national museums, in association with ippr north, led a conference to explore young people’s ideas for a Museum of the Future. 

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Posted: 3rd Nov 2009

Taking Part Child Survey

Latest data shows two-thirds of 5-10 year old children visited a museum out of school time last year

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Posted: 2nd Nov 2009

Enhancing National-Regional Museum Partnerships

New research reveals scale of partnership working between national and regional museums. 

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Posted: 11th Oct 2009

Cultural Capital: Maintaining Investment in Culture through the Good Times and the Bad

Leading figures from the arts, business and public sector came together at the V&A last month to call for investment to support culture through the recession.

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Posted: 11th Oct 2009

Culturelable online museum boutique launched

Online boutique Culturelabel has been launched bringing together the retail outlets of 60 British cultural institutions.

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Posted: 1st Sep 2009