Dear GEM,
I am getting in touch to let you know about our final ACE funded MUPI Match event for museums and universities, which is focusing on national partnerships that work across boundaries. As we know, the potential for museum-university partnerships can transcend local and regional boundaries; with collections, knowledge, skills, and experiences that can contribute to projects between museums and universities across England.
Therefore, this final MUPI Match event is dedicated to supporting potential projects across England, so museums and academics from Bournemouth to Berwick, Portsmouth to Preston, and Whitstable to Wakefield, can explore potential partnerships together.
As you are aware there is also a small grant programme (£6000) that provides seed funding so that participants can explore their partnership ideas further. So far we have seed funded over 60 museum/university partnerships, between 65 museums and 43 universities. Whilst we are open to all museum/university partnerships, based on the previous 10 MUPI Matches we are encouraging applications from people/organisations that are interested in the following themes:
Using new technologies in cultural heritage settings e.g. mapping, 3D modelling, big data, innovative ways to animate and rethink collections, R&D in ‘real world’ situations
Engaging new audiences – from student placements to non-traditional specialist audiences
Migration, politics, activism
The event is on Wednesday 26 July 2017 at the Cinema Museum, London. More details below.
If you are interested in attending please register via the link below – or if you think of any colleagues who may be, please do forward this email onto them. If you have any questions about the event please do get in touch via email ([log in to unmask])
Best wishes,
Paddy McNulty
Museum consultant on the MUPI project
Paddy McNulty Associates Ltd
NB: Apologies for cross posting / please forward to any colleagues you think may be interested in attending
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'Working Across Boundaries' National MUPI Match event
Museum-University Partnerships Initiative
The Cinema Museum, London
26 July 2017, 11am-4.30pm
Registration link: https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/national-mupi-sandpit-working-across-boundaries-london-26-july-2017
“Excellent networking opportunity. Great, meaningful learning and idea exchange”
“Making excellent high quality connections”
“Meeting very interesting and ‘useful’ people. Have met people that I would not have had the opportunity to meet.”
“I have thoroughly enjoyed every part of the day. Meeting people and making new connections that have led to 2 potential projects!”
Open to: postgraduate students, postdoctoral and established researchers from any discipline; all museums which are Accredited, Provisionally Accredited, or Working Towards Accreditation; across England.
There are many benefits to museums and universities working together, from improving audience understanding to developing more effective collections knowledge or interpretation; from inspiring museum audiences with cutting edge research to developing new exhibits and exhibitions; the opportunities are endless.
However, finding a partner and having the resources to explore how you might work together can be challenging. This final MUPI match event draws upon a tried and tested methodology to bring people together to develop new partnerships. Each session involves museum staff, volunteers, and academics working together to find mutually beneficial ideas that they would like to develop together.
This event focuses specifically on some of the most popular themes from our regional Matches that explore the idea of 'Working Across Boundaries' in different ways:
Using new technologies in cultural heritage settings e.g. mapping, 3D modelling, big data, innovative ways to animate and rethink collections, R&D in ‘real world’ situations
Engaging new audiences – from student placements to non-traditional specialist audiences
Migration, politics, activism
Funding
MUPI Match events provide an opportunity for teams formed at the event to bid for funding (of between £500-£1500) from the MUPI Match fund. A pot of £6000 is available for this event. This ‘thinking funding’ will enable people to do desk research; have conversations; travel and attend site visits/meetings; test ideas; and work together to plan their potential project. This thinking funding provides a critical part of the process, helping people to work out if and how to work together and refine their ideas. Teams will be supported to develop their partnership, and find effective ways to fund their project in the future.
How to get involved
If you work or volunteer in an ACE Accredited museum, or if you are an academic who is keen to develop new partnerships with museums then a MUPI Match event is just what you are looking for! The event is focused on bringing together museums and academics from across England; it is free to participate in; and interactive. Bring your ideas, your energy, and your expertise and prepare to be challenged and inspired. Who knows this could be the beginning of something very special.
Please follow the registration link above to apply for a place at the MUPI Match ‘Working Across Boundaries’ event.
MUPI Match events are delivered through the Museum University Partnership Initiative, funded by Arts Council England's Museum Resilience Fund and developed in partnership with the Share Academy project and Paddy McNulty Associates.
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