Essential membership does not include print Museums Journal or access to professional development programmes. This course is beneficial to anyone working in a museum, gallery or heritage site, regardless of role. Through a combination of content and exercises, you can complete each course at your own pace, at a time and place that suits you. Thank you. The Working with Community Partners course takes 5-15 hours to complete and can be worked on in stages.
In this way all museums, museum professionals, volunteers and students can share their work and knowledge to enhance the sector. The courses are free and available to all individual members of the Museums Association. You will learn the beginnings of arguments around sponsorship and look at various ethical dilemmas. JOIN. Download our student pack to read more about the benefits that help students pursue their museum career. Eleanor Thomas. Through a combination of content and exercises, you can complete each course at your own pace, at a time and place that suits you. £62 per year. £24 per quarter. I learned so much and it made me think critically about so many different issues. There are five sections which cover public engagement and benefit, individual and institutional integrity, and stewardship. Includes Museum Journal in print 6 times a year; Associate and Fellow members must join at this level. The Working with Collections course takes 5-15 hours to complete and can be worked on in stages.

JOIN. Our Museum Essentials online learning programme will build your confidence and competence in key areas of museum practice.

Further courses will be added in future. Each course has been designed by experts and draws upon a range of Museums Association publications and other resources and content. I loved this course. Museum Essentials: Working with Collections. Join the Museums Association today. In return we offer a gateway to knowledge and career enhancement through online resources,  publications, events, professional development and seeing other museums for free. Membership of the MA gets you free and discounted entry to over 900 museums and galleries. £16 per quarter. It gives new entrants a thorough introduction to ethical practice which can be applied across any area of museum practice. Our membership is for all people working in and with museums, as well as volunteers in museums, galleries and heritage sites, full-time students looking to enter the sector, retired professionals, people pursuing a career in museums, and friends and trustees of museums. £94 per year. Our first three courses are now online: Working Ethically, Working with Collections and Working with Community Partners. Buying indvidual membership for your employees, volunteers or trustees is a great way to offer an additional workplace benefit, and give your staff access to individual membership-only benefits, such as access to the online courses, Museum Essentials.
It is written for anyone in the museum sector who wants to know more about how effective partnerships can be.

Essential membership gives you online-only access to our content and doesn’t include access to our professional development programmes. This course is beneficial to anyone working in a museum, gallery or heritage site, regardless of role. Museum Essentials: Working Ethically. Sarah Albany Parker. Over 16,000 people, museums and businesses have become members — Why don’t you? Unwaged membership will now cost just £46.50 annually, our cheapest membership, and will still retain full member benefits like getting Museums Journal in print and being able to undertake professional development schemes, such as the AMA. It covers considerations in public engagement and benefit, how ethics effects stewardship, and how we care for and use collections. As a member, your organisation will receive a wide range of benefits, including free recruitment advertising, ethical and policy guidance, access to funding, and substantial discounts for your staff to take part in our conferences, events and professional development courses. Full membership. The course encompasses the MA’s Code of Ethics and the ethical, moral and legal position.

Llewela Selfridge. There will still be the option to break down payments into monthly or quarterly Direct Debits, to help spread the cost.

This means unwaged membership could cost just £4.40 a month. We make the case for investment in museums to stakeholders in each nation of the UK, including governments, funders and sector bodies. If you are beginning a post-graduate course or other course related to museum and heritage studies, becoming a member of the Museums Association can open up a lot of sector content, advice and courses to really help you on your way.

With your membership you can enjoy the following: We are a charity and we do not receive any government funding. Concessionary membership. Great course, very accessible and a great variety of additional resources to watch, read and participate in. Concessionary membership provides the same benefits, but with a discount for students, volunteers, trustees, and unwaged and retired workers. In order to support those who have been made redundant, who haven’t had their contracts renewed or who are unable to find sector work due to the current pandemic we will be providing 3 months free membership when you join or renew as an unwaged member. You may wish to sign up several members of staff and volunteers as part of their induction process, so that they can undertake the Museum Essentials courses. Your membership allows us to continue supporting all museums and those working in and with them. We hope by providing a mix of information, exercises, resources and signposting you will be able to develop your confidence and competence around your own partnerships and encourage others to work with community partners. By supporting us, we can support you. Full membership provides you with all the benefits, including access to our professional development programmes and copies of our magazine, Museums Journal. The courses are free and available to all individual members of the Museums Association. The majority of our resources are generated through membership. We do not receive any government funding and the majority of our resources are generated through membership. In the next year we will award over £1m of Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund grants, advocacy to governments, sector bodies, and funders for all museums. The course offers practical content and guidance. We can advocate for museums and provide our members with all the resources they need to make an impact in museums. The course teaches you how to make better use of your collections and introduces you to the key principles around collecting, disposal of collections and the basics of interpretation, documentation and participatory practice. Please contact us: Federations, specialist groups and friends’ organisations, Supporting museums and their workforce with over £1m of funding every year, Information and practical advice to help you deal with Covid-19, free attendance for all your staff/volunteers to attend the, free attendance for all your staff/volunteers to attend the our bi-weekly, free attendance for all your staff/volunteers to, substantial discount for your staff to attend, Access to funding. £8.30 per month. Your membership card is the key to seeing the fantastic work of your peers to help inform your own practice. It gives new entrants an overview of museum collections practice, which gives them a better understanding of their organisation even if they do not work directly with collections. Institutional membership Your membership helps us to advocate for and support museums to make an impact and use their collections to inspire people and change lives.

Which membership do you need? To access this reduced price, please select the unwaged grade of membership when taking out a new membership or renewing your existing membership. Discounts are available for employers purchasing multiple memberships. International members can join as an essential member or full member only (not concessionary). Museum Essentials: Working with Collections, Reflective collaborative learning to enhance your career, From postgraduate study to networking and volunteering – your guide to getting your museum career off to a flying start …, Associateship of the Museums Association (AMA). Your membership allows us to continue supporting all museums and those working in and with them. We can offer a discount for multiple membership purchases.

Our Museum Essentials online learning programme will build your confidence and competence in key areas of museum practice. There are five sections which cover Partnerships with Purpose – the MA’s pilot project aimed at supporting museums to partner with community organisations; participatory practice; context and culture and putting it all into practice. These courses also support the Associateship of the Museums Association (AMA) competencies. If you are an awarded AMA, FMA or Transformer, or are working towards these awards, you need to be a full/concessionary member.