CyMAL: Amgueddfeydd Archifau a Llyfrgelloedd Cymru
Gwasanaeth Gwybodaeth Amgueddfeydd - Bwletin 126
Mae gwybodaeth am y gwasanaeth gwybodaeth Amgueddfeydd ar gael ar dudalennau CyMAL ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru.
http://www.cymru.gov.uk/cymal
Os mae eitem yn ymddangos yn Saesneg yn unig yn y bwletin hwn, doedd dim fersiwn Cymraeg o’r eitem ar gael pan cafodd y bwletin ei baratoi.
LLYWODRAETH CYMRU - CYMAL
Gweithdy Peilot Cynaliadwyedd Amgueddfa - Caerdydd, 27 Tachwedd 2012
Sut i wybod a ydych yn dda (Pe byddwch yn Reolwr, yn Brif Weithredwr neu’n Gadeirydd)
Ffurflen cofrestru: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/4726137003
Dod o hyd i’ch gwerthoedd a’ch credoau craidd
Ffurflen cofrestru: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/4703768097
Nodwch y byddwn yn profi system cofrestru ar-lein newydd ar gyfer ein cyrsiau. Does dim tal am y gwasanaeth, a does dim angen creu cyfrif am y wasanaeth. Os ydych chi’n dod o hyd at unrhyw broblem wrth gofrestru, rhowch wybod i ni.
http://tinyurl.com/hyfforddiantcymal
New Accreditation Adviser at CyMAL
Ann Mansell, previously of Usk Rural Life Museum and Torfaen Museum Trust, is our new Accreditation Adviser for CyMAL. Please contact her for any queries you may have on Museum Accreditation.
LLYWODRAETH CYMRU
Strategaeth ar gyfer yr Amgylchedd Hanesyddol i ddenu mwy o bobl.
Nod Strategaeth Amgylchedd Hanesyddol newydd Llywodraeth Cymru, yw sicrhau bod ein treftadaeth yn cael ei diogelu a bod pobl yn cael pob cyfle i’w mwynhau a chymryd rhan ynddi. Bydd y strategaeth, a fydd yn cael ei thrafod gan Aelodau’r Cynulliad y prynhawn yma, yn pennu rôl yr amgylchedd hanesyddol o ran dod â manteision cymdeithasol, economaidd ac amgylcheddol i gymunedau yng Nghymru, gan greu sail ar gyfer y Bil Treftadaeth a fydd yn cael ei gyflwyno yn 2014.
Mae’r amgylchedd hanesyddol yn sector sydd o bwys i economi Cymru. Mae’n cynnal dros 30,000 o swyddi, yn cynhyrchu tua £1.8 biliwn, ac yn cyfrannu £840 miliwn i’n gwerth ychwanegol crynswth. Mae gennym 30,000 o adeiladau rhestredig, 4,000 o henebion rhestredig a 3 Safle Treftadaeth y Byd. Nod y strategaeth hon yw adeiladu ar y seiliau cadarn hyn a datblygu rôl economaidd Etifeddiaeth y Cymry, yn ogystal â chreu cynifer â phosibl o gyfleoedd i ddysgu, hyfforddi a mwynhau.
http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/cultureandsport/2012/121023strategy/?lang=cy
FFEDERASIWN AMGUEDDFEYDD AC ORIELAU CELF CYMRU
World War One Resources
If you are planning to mark the centenary of the start of World War One, visit the Welsh Museum Federation's page devoted to WW1 initiatives across Wales and beyond. If there's anything else we should include, please let me us know and we'll aim to update it with new information as we hear about it.
http://welshmuseumsfederation.org/index.php?page=world-war-one-resources&hl=en_US
Report on Delivery of the Museums Strategy for Wales
Many thanks to all of you who contributed to consultation about strategy delivery over the last year. A full report, published by the Federation of Museums and Galleries in Wales, on the findings up until March this year is now available on the Fed website
http://welshmuseumsfederation.org/index.php?page=test&hl=en_US
Y CYMDEITHAS AMGUEDDFEYDD
New Monument Fellowships from the Museums Association
With funding from the Arts Council England, Museums Galleries Scotland and the Welsh Government the Museums Association is inviting applications for a new round of Monument Fellowships. In a change from previous rounds, we are extending the programme beyond collections, to other museum specific specialisms such as learning and exhibitions.
The Fellowships are designed to enable retired museum specialists to work with former colleagues, their successors and the wider museum community to share and develop knowledge and skills. They are open to any Accredited museum in England, Scotland and Wales, working with a retired or about-to-retire collections, education, exhibitions or other museum specific specialist. With guidance from the MA, successful museums and Fellows will plan a project in which the Fellow will work with an individual successor or an appropriate group of colleagues to share and develop knowledge.
Fellowships will be 30 days in length, typically spread over about 6 months. Fellows will receive a daily fee of £100. Host museums and Fellows will receive a package of support and guidance from the MA. We have funding to support:
- 10 Fellowships in England
- 4 Fellowships in Scotland
- 1 Fellowship in Wales
http://www.museumsassociation.org/careers/find-a-job/20263
Y CYMDEITHAS AMGUEDDFEYDD ANNIBYNNOL
AIM Guides for Success
AIM is publishing a new series of information sheets to replace the current Focus Papers, AIM Guides for Success. Twelve titles are planned including two major new ones, one reviewing the law on collection assets and inalienability for charitable trusts and company and another looking at issues surrounding TUPE and Assets Transfer. These are being undertaken in association with Farrer & Co. of London. The new series will be available in an easily downloadable format on the AIM website in spring 2013.
http://www.aim-museums.co.uk/article/aim_e-news_-_special_-_september_2012/
CRONFA DREFTADAETH Y LOTERI
£3.2million boost to celebrate Wales’ diverse heritage
From market halls to a wildlife reserve: HLF invests more than £3.2million into a wide range of heritage projects. The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has today announced an investment of £3.2million to a wide range of projects across Wales, including a nature reserve, a dozen places of worship, two market halls and the display and interpretation of an extraordinary collection of antiques, paintings and tapestries. The diverse range of projects highlight HLF's commitment to supporting all types of Wales' heritage, as well as creating opportunities for people to get involved in the heritage which matters most to them and learn more about it.
http://www.hlf.org.uk/news/Pages/CommitteeforWalesSeptAwards.aspx#.UHgoINxTCa8
Heritage Lottery Fund “Skills for the Future” briefing events.
Early this year, Heritage Lottery Fund announced that a further round of the highly successful Skills for the Future programme will open in October. The programme supports work-based training in a wide range of skills that are needed to look after buildings, landscapes, habitats, species, and museum and archive collections, as well as equipping people to lead education and outreach programmes, manage volunteers and use new technology. Applications are invited between £100,000 and £1 million. The programme will open on 31st October and the deadline for applications is 31st January 2013.
A series of briefing sessions are being held across the UK for groups interested in applying. In Wales, these will be held on:
Wednesday 28th November at Glamorgan Archives, Cardiff (afternoon)
Thursday 29th November at Wrexham Museum (morning)
If you are interested in applying to the Skills for the Future programme, we strongly recommend you register an interest to attend one of these sessions by emailing [log in to unmask]
CASGLIADIAU
New software comparison service from the Collections Trust
The Collections Trust has launched an innovative free online service which allows museum and arts professionals to compare the features of leading Collections Management Systems (CMS). The new platform helps museums and galleries find the right software for their needs across more than 40 different criteria, saving them time and money, and supporting their future development. The comparison service will help those seeking to acquire or change their CMS, and those who just want to compare their current system against others. Among vital areas covered are costs, training, interoperability, format support, and user references.
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/softwaresurvey.
Free 3D object scanning for UK Art Nouveau collections?
Free 3D object scanning may be made available to institutions who participate in the EC-funded Partage Plus project which seeks to digitise European Art Nouveau collections. The Collections Trust is co-ordinating the project, and is now seeking UK collections who wish to contribute their content to it. The project involves working with 23 institutions in 17 European countries over a period of 24 months to digitize European Art Nouveau objects, artworks, posters, and buildings to create content and a specialist Art Nouveau terminology for more than 75,000 items - including 2,000 3D models - for access through Europeana.
The Collections Trust needs to contribute content to the project from UK institutions. Even if a collection is not currently online, the CT team is interested receiving information about it, and there may be the potential to receive free 3D scanning of selected objects as part of the project. To discuss contributing content, please contact European Projects Officer Katie Smith at [log in to unmask] or call her on 020 7942 6063 with a brief description of your collections size and the types of objects held within it.
CADWRAETH
Icon to undertake critical study of the conservation workforce
Icon has been awarded funding to undertake Conservation Workforce Intelligence Research. The project will identify the nature of employment and work for professional conservators across the UK in 2012-13. The funding for this project has come from three sources: Arts Council England’s Renaissance for the Regions Strategic Support Fund, English Heritage's National Heritage Protection Programme and a Heritage Lottery Fund Research Grant. We are delighted by this endorsement of Icon to carry out this much-needed research.
DOGFENNAETH, DIGIDEIDDIO A TGCH
Europeana's Huge Cultural Dataset Opens for Re-Use
Opportunities for apps developers, designers and other digital innovators will be boosted today as the digital portal Europeana opens up its dataset of over 20 million cultural objects for free re-use. The massive dataset is the descriptive information about Europe's digitised treasures. For the first time, the metadata is released under the Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain Dedication, meaning that anyone can use the data for any purpose - creative, educational, commercial - with no restrictions. This release offers a new boost to the digital economy, providing electronic entrepreneurs with opportunities to create innovative apps and games for tablets and smartphones and to create new web services and portals.
ELUSENNAU A GWIRFODDOLWYR
Elusennau Cymru mewn Cyflwr Da - ydy elusennau'n cyrraedd y safon?
Mae 90% o ymddiriedolwyr elusennau Cymru a ymatebodd i'r arolwg yn dweud eu bod nhw'n rheoli eu helusennau'n 'eithriadol o dda' neu'n 'dda iawn', yn ôl arolwg newydd gan y Comisiwn Elusennau, rheoleiddiwr annibynnol elusennau yng Nghymru a Lloegr. Dyma'r arolwg cyntaf o'i fath i'r rheoleiddiwr ei gynnal gydag ymddiriedolwyr elusennau Cymru, gan holi pa mor dda y teimlent eu bod yn rhedeg eu helusennau, ac a oes lle i wella.
Bydd y Comisiwn Elusennau yn trafod casgliadau ei arolwg ar ddulliau llywodraethu da yng Nghymru yn ei gyfarfod cyhoeddus nesaf yng Nghaerdydd sydd i'w gynnal ddydd Iau 22 Tachwedd, ac estynnir gwahoddiad i elusennau Cymru.
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/welsh/RSS/News/pr_wales_report2012.aspx?
SWYDDI WAG
Greenfield Valley Warden
This position offers the opportunity to join the small team that operates and manages Flintshire’s leading visitor attraction, the Greenfield Valley Heritage Park and Museum. With working experience in the Museum/Heritage sector you will be responsible for the care and maintenance of the Museum’s collection. You will use your interpersonal skills with visitors and deal with collection queries from members of the public. Comfortable in working in a team driven environment, you will take a pride in providing creative interpretation of the Museum at all levels of interest.
Curator - Regimental Museum of the Royal Welch Fusiliers
Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd
Full Time, Permanent, Salary: £23,000 - £26,000
Closing Date: 30th November 2012
The Regimental Museum of the Royal Welch Fusiliers was first established in Wrexham Depot but in 1959, following the closure of the depot, a decision was taken to move the entire museum to the Queen’s Tower at Caernarfon Castle. Here it has remained although the displays and display cases of the 1960s have now been replaced by a modern redisplay, opened in July 1999 thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Regimental Museum is managed by a charitable trust and trustees now wish to make an appointment of a Curator following the retirement of the previous incumbent Mr Brian Owen. Further information about the museum can be obtained by viewing the museum website.
NEWYDDION - CYMRU
National Museum of Wales buys Margam House paintings
Two panoramic 18th Century paintings of one of the great former houses of Wales have gone on show at the National Museum Cardiff for the first time. The museum bought the paintings of the now disappeared Tudor Margam House for £218,500. The paintings are the Welsh museum's first early estate works and they show a landscape now transformed by the M4 and the Port Talbot steelworks. They illustrate the dramatic changes over the last 300 years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-19976060
Swansea's Glynn Vivian Art gallery receives further cash
Swansea's Glyn Vivian art gallery is to receive a £250,000 funding boost to help make the layout of the 1911 building more appealing to visitors. The gallery is nearly half way through a £6.7m two-year redevelopment funded by the Arts Council for Wales, Swansea council and Heritage Lottery Fund. The Welsh government's £250,000 adds to £300,000 it has already pledged. Once complete, it is hoped the gallery will attract about 90,000 visitors a year, double what it brings in now.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-19979329
NEWYDDION - RHYNGWLADOL
Abba museum to open in Stockholm
A museum dedicated to Swedish pop group Abba is to open next year in Stockholm. The museum, backed by former member Bjorn Ulvaeus, will feature some of the band's glitzy stage costumes, instruments and other mementos. Visitors will also be able to sing along to Abba songs alongside life-size holograms of the group. Ulvaeus said he hoped all four members would attend the museum's opening set for next spring, but ruled out any chance of a stage comeback.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19826356
Elizabeth Bennett & Carol Whittaker
Gwasanaeth Gwybodaeth
Nid yw'r ffaith bod gwybodaeth trydydd parti wedi'i chynnwys yng Ngwasanaeth Gwybodaeth Amgueddfeydd CyMAL yn golygu bod CyMAL yn ei chymeradwyo. Nid yw CyMAL yn derbyn unrhyw gyfrifoldeb am ansawdd digwyddiadau, cynhyrchion neu wasanaethau trydydd parti y sonnir amdanynt yn y Gwasanaeth hwn. Er ein bod wedi gwneud ein gorau i sicrhau bod yr wybodaeth a ddarperir yn gywir, nid yw CyMAL na'r golygydd yn atebol am unrhyw gamgymeriad neu hepgoriad.
Os ydych yn gwybod am unrhyw un a hoffai gael ei ychwanegu i'r rhestr, neu hoffai gael copi caled o'r newyddion, neu os ydych heb fynediad i'r we ac am gopi caled cysylltwch â Carol Whittaker. Byddwch yn dal i dderbyn copi caled os ydych ar y rhestr ddosbarthu presennol.
Bydd fersiwn Cymraeg a Saesneg o'r bwletin yn cael eu dosbarthu ar wahan yn dilyn sylwadau darllenwyr.
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Elizabeth Bennett
CyMAL: Amgueddfeydd Archifau a Llyfrgelloedd Cymru - CyMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales
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