Welcome to the list, Michael!
I have a lot of sympathy for people trying to get their first jobs in a
museum as it's not easy. Is there a particular area of the museum you'd
like to work in?
More generally, I know there are lots of people doing volunteer work and
internships to try and land that first museum job - is there any advice
that list members could give them?
Cheers, Mia
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On 19 December 2014 at 01:28, Michael Adams <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi
> I have been a member of the Museums Computer Group for a few months now
> and have been reading with interest the various emails on museum matters. I
> met with John Coburn (Digital Projects Co-ordinator) at Tyne & Wear
> Archives & Museums in Newcastle. He advised me/ suggested that I join the
> Museums Computer Group as from time to time museum vacancies are found
> there and I may get some useful advice.
> Of my working background - I currently do virtual volunteer work for Tyne
> & Wear Archives & Museums (Assisting with tagging of online collection
> photographs). I also currently do virtual volunteer work for the British
> Museum (Transcription of European Bronze Age index cards and Photo-masking
> of artefacts). Prior I did nearly 2 years volunteer work at a maritime
> museum and about 9 months volunteer work at a maritime lighthouse museum (
> I got accreditation as a Tour guide/ experience doing Tour guide work, I
> have had experience in conservation and displays, research and website
> construction, reception work/ manning the museum, acquired product
> knowledge and on background history, cataloguing, publicity articles and
> general cleaning experience). I am a ongoing member of the UK Museums
> Association and English Heritage. I have a Bachelor degree in Arts (Art)
> and Certificate II in Museum Practice and I participated in a Preventive
> Conservation Workshop. I am also a practising Painter/ Multi-medium artist
> with my own website.
> Basically for nearly 2 years I have been trying to get an entry-level
> position/ Traineeship in a museum/ art gallery and currently I am working
> on a new application due by 12/01/2015 for a Museums Collections Management
> (Curatorial Support) Trainee position through Stockport Council. I thought
> I would make myself known and as I am aware that you all generally come
> from various museum backgrounds - I thought if anyone had any constructive
> advice to offer me? It would be very much appreciated. Thank you for your
> time.RegardsMichael
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> From: Alan Bentley <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, 19 December 2014, 0:17
> Subject: Museum Data gathering
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> Hello
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> I'm looking for suggestions of suppliers we could approach to help with a
> project.
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> We are intending to conduct face to face interviews with all the museums
> we work with in the Yorkshire and Humber region, just over 100 museums.
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> We are looking for a simple way to capture the information we get so that
> it can easily analysed and can generate a report for the museum. We would
> want to be able to edit those reports before they went out. It would also
> be helpful if we and the museum could pre-populate parts of the data to
> speed the process.on the day.
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> Any suggestions of an existing solution or good supplier would be much
> appreciated.
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> Alan Bentley
> Museum Development Officer
> Museum Development: Yorkshire
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> York Museums Trust
> St. Mary's Lodge
> Marygate
> York
> YO30 7DR
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> 07595 609782
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> www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk<http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/>
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