Hi

 

I am a Learning and Access Curator – I am currently on a capital project where I am responsible for making sure that all newly developed museum content is suitable for the intended audience and every display has learning and social outcomes, that text is accessible and that access is at the heart of all we do. Soon I will be developing the formal and informal offer for the museum and involved in staff and volunteer training.  I also work with subject curators to engage with communities in the development of their content.

 

When this project is over I will become an Learning and Access curator in the venue and as well as having responsibility for learning, events and audiences I will also manage staff who will deliver the content and together we will deliver the activity plan submitted to HLF.

 

Glasgow Museums has a team of around 8 of me who cover all of our 10 buildings. Each building has its own learning assistants who deliver to the public.

 

I think we have the term curator in our title as we are on the same grade and have parity with the subject curators. We are vital in exhibition development and the title reflects that…. I think!

 

Caroline

 

 

 

Interesting…

 

Have previously been an Education Officer (straight up workshops / programme development / linking to other activity across organisation / location), a ‘Learning Assistant’ (mainly delivery of workshops, some development of activity and responsibility for discrete areas of programme such as ‘community gallery’), and a ‘Learning Manager’, which was, disappointingly,  a lot of learning about HR for me and not much else at all!

 

I’m now ‘Curator (Collections Engagement)’   … which I find preferable to Curator (Learning), as I claim to be at least moderately competent… key thing is that there are curatorial tasks such as loans & enquiries to do in support of my colleague ‘Curator (Collections)’, and that without the collection, there would be little engagement…

 

Mainly, I do brandishing things at people declaring ‘This is exciting! This is relevant!’… and events, programming, interpretation, exhibitions, polyfilla-ing, pencil sharpening and generally shaking my museum maracas with glee.  My current favourite things are

 

a)      Dinosaurs, generally

b)      Brownie packs doing their Collector Badge

c)       Liaising with ‘citizen scientists’ and others reporting finds to the museum

 

Best wishes to all,

 

Alison

 

 

Alison Parfitt

Curator (Collections Engagement)

 

T: 01463 732437

E: [log in to unmask]

 

 

 

 

 

Hello,

 

I’m a ‘Collections and Learning Curator’ and there’s a team of about 5 of us. We are jointly responsible for collections management, curating exhibitions, formal learning and events.

 

Let me know if you have any questions,

 

Eleanor

 

 

Eleanor Root

Collections and Learning Curator

Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service

01473 433570

www.cimuseums.org.uk

 

Ipswich – A Fairtrade town

 

 

 

 

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