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Museums & Galleries Commission Seminars for the Autumn The MGC is working in partnership with a number of organisations to provide a series of free seminars on three important areas for museums and galleries. European Funding Advice Five seminars are being run around the UK to provide strategic advice to museum professionals and independent conservators on European Funding. These one-day events will be led by EUCLID, the UK Cultural Contact Point for European funding programmes. The programme will include background information on the European Union; an overview of specific programmes, including Culture 2000; a series of case studies and group sessions to discuss the particular needs of participants. The dates and venues are: 4 October Northern Ireland Museums Council, Belfast 7 October Museums & Galleries Commission, London 27 October North West Museums Service, Blackburn 3 December The National Trust for Scotland, Edinburgh 8 December Council of Museums in Wales, Cardiff Museum Marketing Group Case Study Seminars Members of the Museum Marketing Group (MMG) are working with the MGC on a number of marketing case study seminars. The idea behind the sessions is to provide those working in museum marketing with the opportunity to hear the experiences of colleagues on certain key issues faced by museums. Dates and venues are as follows: 2 September Marketing Planning for Free (Admission) NMGM 4 November Marketing for Groups The Royal Pavilion 9 December Audience Development - Making it Happen Laing Art Gallery 13 January Evening Openings Galleries of Justice 17 February Visual Arts in Primary Education Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts 15 March In-House run Membership Schemes Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester The Museum Marketing Group will also be presenting a session at the MA Conference on Tuesday 28 September from 1.45pm to 3.00pm. Market Segmentation The British Tourist Authority (BTA) has kindly agreed to run two workshops specifically for museums and galleries on tourism marketing - with special attention paid to dividing audiences up into key target segments in order to make the best use of limited marketing resources. The Yorkshire and Humberside Museums Council are hosting one of these two-day sessions at their offices at Farnley Hall on 13 and 14 October. The second is due to be held in the South West of England later in the year. Again there is no charge for these workshops, but delegates will have to find and pay for their own overnight accommodation as necessary. For programmes and booking information on any of these seminars please contact Henrietta Hopkins, MGC, 16 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AA, tel: 0171-233 4200, fax: 0171-233 4200, e-mail: [log in to unmask] MGC website: www.museums.gov.uk %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%