HappyMuseum Project

Reclaim the Economy Week Global week of action for people and planet. Our economies are driving inequality and environmental devastation. Reclaim the Economy Week is a moment to unite to demand an economy that puts people ...

Our economies are driving inequality and devastating the environment.

#ReclaimTheEconomyWeek *26 Jan - 1 Feb* is a moment to unite to demand an economy that puts people and planet first.

Read our Provocation to the Cultural Sector shorturl.at/udL66

Find out more at reclaimtheeconomy.org

What shall we do with all this stuff?

Environmentally, financially, socially, professionally and ethically we urgently need to re-think our approach to collections and collecting. Read about our project with partners AIM, NMDC and National Trust.

happymuseumproject.org/what-shall-w...

Are you, or your museum, struggling with something you need to bring to a close, give up or pass on?

What is getting in the way, what support might enable you to move forward?

We explored these questions with partners, Tending to Endings, read more here...

happymuseumproject.org/tending-to-e...

Delighted to start 2026 by welcoming 3 new members to our Steering Group!

Say hi to the fantastic
Elaine Yeung
Becky Jefcoate FRSA
Liz Fraser-Betts

They bring fantastic experience and knowlege to the project!

happymuseumproject.org/about/who/bo...

Heritage railway volunteers show how deep friendships can be formed without discussing emotions People can develop intimate and caring relationships, without naming emotions.

Working together on restoration projects creates what they call “camaraderie”, a form of friendship that is grounded in doing things together, rather than in the reflection on interior feelings that has become an increasing expectation of modern intimacy. theconversation.com/heritage-rai...

Great report and new sector wide training course focused on creative health practice for the museum and heritage sector.

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How can museums realise the potential of creative health practice? - Museums Association New research highlights impact of pilot project on participants

News | How can museums realise the potential of creative health practice?

New research from the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance and GEM (Group for Education in Museums) highlights impact of pilot project on participants

Innovators, thinkers and leaders needed!

Our mission is to re-imagine museums for a sustainable future – by fostering wellbeing that doesn’t cost the earth.

Could you bring your unique perspective, your time and your imagination for a better future – to our Steering Group?

shorturl.at/b0ejo

Coming up next week...
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Working Together: Embedding Creative Health in Museums An event to share the evaluation of Working Together: an 18-month Creative Health programme with 6 partner museums in England and Scotland

Working Together: Embedding Creative Health in Museums. Online event. An event to share the evaluation of Working Together: an 18-month Creative Health programme with 6 partner museums in England and Scotland. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-to...

Final call for this session tomorrow 👇

Really struck me recently that the children's sections of many museums are more creative, with more to learn, even for people who have a good foundation, than the adult sections

Two great new Happy Museum workshops coming up in October and November!

See below for more details and register now.
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Check out all the latest news - workshops and opportunities - from the Happy Museum and beyond.

shorturl.at/53ODK

@nmdcnews.bsky.social @ljollerhead.bsky.social @gabyporter.bsky.social @tonybutler1.bsky.social @aimuseums.bsky.social @juliesbicycle.bsky.social @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social

Innovators, thinkers and leaders needed!

Our mission is to re-imagine museums for a sustainable future – by fostering wellbeing that doesn’t cost the earth.

Could you bring your unique perspective, your time and your imagination for a better future – to our Steering Group?

shorturl.at/b0ejo

Tending to Endings Join our workshop exploring how we close, dispose and end well in museums with partners, Tending to Endings.

Are you, or your museum, struggling with something you need to bring to a close, give up or pass on?

What is getting in the way, what might enable you to move forward?

Join us to explore how we close, dispose and end well.

Tuesday, November 11 · 12:30 - 2pm (NEW DATE)
shorturl.at/h5Ikm

Many museums offer play for children - but how creative, experimental and playful are we in our work - as adult professionals?

Join us to explore how playful approaches might open up ideas and creativity in our organisations, and with our communities.

Tues Oct 14 · 12:30 - 2pm
shorturl.at/bir4l

Check out all the latest news - workshops and opportunities - from the Happy Museum and beyond.

shorturl.at/53ODK

Playful Approaches for Museum Teams Celebrating our imagination and freeing up our thinking: join our workshop to explore playful approaches for museum teams

Playful Approaches for Museum Teams

Join our workshop exploring how playful and imaginative approaches might open up new ideas and creativity in our work, within our organisations, and with our communities.

Tuesday, October 14 · 12:30 - 2pm
shorturl.at/bir4l

Tending to Endings Join our workshop exploring how we close, dispose and end well in museums with partners, Tending to Endings.

Tending to Endings

Are you, or your museum, struggling with something you need to bring to a close, give up or pass on?

Join us to explore how we close, dispose and end well with partners, Tending to Endings.

Tuesday, November 11 · 12:30 - 2pm (NEW DATE)
shorturl.at/h5Ikm

Playful Approaches for Museum Teams Celebrating our imagination and freeing up our thinking: join our workshop to explore playful approaches for museum teams

Playful Approaches for Museum Teams

Join our workshop exploring how playful and imaginative approaches might open up new ideas and creativity in our work, within our organisations, and with our communities.

Tuesday, October 14 · 12:30 - 2pm
shorturl.at/bir4l

Two great new Happy Museum workshops coming up in October and November!

See below for more details and register now.
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Images of black cards with pictures of plants/fruit/veg and terms like The Harvest, Coppicing, Fallowing - Title Tending to Endings

Are you, or your museum, struggling with something you need to bring to a close, give up or pass on?

What is getting in the way, what support might enable you to move forward?

Join us to explore endings in our museum settings.

Online - Tuesday 26th September 12.30 – 14.00

shorturl.at/HsLRL

Images of black cards with pictures of plants/fruit/veg and terms like The Harvest, Coppicing, Fallowing - Title Tending to Endings

Are you, or your museum, struggling with something you need to bring to a close, give up or pass on?

What is getting in the way, what support might enable you to move forward?

Join us to explore endings in our museum settings.

Online - Tuesday 26th September 12.30 – 14.00

shorturl.at/HsLRL

We're very much looking forward to being part of the @icomuk.bsky.social 2025 conference in just over a week with a focus on regenerative museum practice and a fantastic line-up.

You can still book in-person places and there are great value online tickets too.

For one day only! Get 10% off tickets for the 'Regenerative Museums for Sustainable Futures' Conference from ICOM UK.

A person stands in a landscape surrounded by hills. The text reads - online peer sharing - Place-Based Adaptation for Culture. Wed 19 Mar, 11:30am-1pm.

Are you working in or with the cultural sector & exploring how to build local resilience to climate change?

Join our peer-sharing session on 19 Mar to share insights & learnings with others in the sector. Spaces are limited so submit your expression of interest before 7 Mar >> tinyurl.com/yeysb6s7

Board Environmental Champions | Julie's Bicycle | Culture & Climate Non-Profit Network A programme that supports arts organisations to put environmental ambition and responsibility at the centre of their governance.

📢 @dannychivers.bsky.social & @immykaur.bsky.social
join us on 4 Mar for our Board Environmental Champions session.

We'll explore finance - spending, sourcing & investing in an environmentally responsible way.

On the board of a cultural organisation? Join our free programme tinyurl.com/5x4yc3cc

Thanks to @happymuseum.bsky.social for inviting NMDC to join the conversation around ethical use of social media. It was great to talk with @themerl.bsky.social and @ourmoh.bsky.social and sector colleagues today. Lots of inspiration from museums in our sector.