Museums training programme

Firearms in Museums Course (Leeds)

[Fully Booked]

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

Royal Armouries, Leeds

The Firearms in Museums course is delivered in partnership between the National Army Museum and the Royal Armouries. This course covers firearms legislation relevant to UK museums, provides a historical overview to firearms used by the British Army and also includes an introduction to firearms conservation. This course will take place in person at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. (Limited to 10 attendees.)

Firearms in Museums Course (London)

[Fully Booked]

Thursday, 28 November 2024

National Army Museum, London

The Firearms in Museums course is delivered in partnership between the National Army Museum and the Royal Armouries. This course covers firearms legislation relevant to UK museums, provides a historical overview to firearms used by the British Army and also includes an introduction to firearms conservation. This course will take place in person at the National Army Museum in London.

Introduction to Comms

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

10.30am – 3.00pm
National Army Museum

Attendees will gain an understanding of how paid marketing, email, PR and social media work together to form external museum comms. This course will provide an overview of the different communication types available to museum professionals and some of the costs involved, including:

• Earned – online press, newspapers, radio, tv, podcasts, influencers
• Owned – website, social media channels, e-news
• Paid – outdoor and digital advertising, print adverts, partnerships

There will be a chance to explore a real-life case study of how these elements work in practice and to explore content creation ideas as a group. Advice will also be given on how to get stakeholder buy in from senior management and funders, and how to demonstrate and measure success.

Modes for Beginners

Thursday, 6 February 2025

10.30am – 12.30pm
Online (Zoom)

This two-hour workshop will introduce users to the basics of Modes and include techniques such as:

• Navigating Modes
• Finding records
• Viewing and sorting records
• Exporting records
• Editing records
• Creating records

No previous experience of Modes is necessary.
Attendees should be confident in basic IT and use of Zoom.
Modes does not need to be installed on the device being used to join the session.
It is recommended that attendees join on a device with a keyboard, camera and microphone to allow full interaction.

Modes for Beginners

Thursday, 13 February 2025

10.30am – 12.30pm
Online (Zoom)

This two-hour workshop will introduce users to the basics of Modes and include techniques such as:

• Navigating Modes
• Finding records
• Viewing and sorting records
• Exporting records
• Editing records
• Creating records

No previous experience of Modes is necessary.
Attendees should be confident in basic IT and use of Zoom.
Modes does not need to be installed on the device being used to join the session.
It is recommended that attendees join on a device with a keyboard, camera and microphone to allow full interaction.

Advanced Modes

Thursday, 20 February 2025

10.30am – 12.30pm
Online (Zoom)

This two-hour course will expand on Modes for Beginners and explore more advanced techniques such as:

• Using and manipulating subsets
• Creating and editing grids
• Validation and termlists
• Managing multimedia
• Global editing via the grid
• Importing data

Attendees should have completed the Modes for Beginners course or have equivalent experience of navigating, searching, editing and creating Modes records.
Attendees should be confident in basic IT and use of Zoom.
Modes does not need to be installed on the device being used to join the session.
It is recommended that attendees join on a device with a keyboard, camera and microphone to allow full interaction.

Advanced Modes Plus

Thursday, 6 March 2025

10.30am – 12.30pm
Online (Zoom)

This two-hour course will build even further on the techniques learnt in Modes for Beginners and Advanced Modes, including:

• Designing templates
• Bulk location updates
• Procedure records
• Person records

Attendees should have completed the Modes for Beginners and Advanced Modes courses, or have equivalent experience of navigating, searching, editing and creating Modes records.
Attendees should be confident in basic IT and use of Zoom.
Modes does not need to be installed on the device being used to join the session.
It is recommended that attendees join on a device with a keyboard, camera and microphone to allow full interaction.

Modes Administration

Thursday, 13 March 2025

10.30am – 12.30pm
Online (Zoom)

This two-hour course will provide an introduction to Modes administration processes and include techniques such as:

• Managing users
• Managing files
• Managing multimedia
• Managing indexes
• Managing validation

Attendees should have completed the Modes for Beginners and Advanced Modes courses, or have equivalent experience of navigating, searching, editing and creating Modes records.
Attendees should be confident in basic IT and use of Zoom.
Modes does not need to be installed on the device being used to join the session.
It is recommended that attendees join on a device with a keyboard, camera and microphone to allow full interaction.

Governance Training

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

10.30am – 4.00pm
National Army Museum

This day-long workshop will explore what good museum governance looks like for museum board trustees and directors/managers.

The workshop will cover why governance within museums is important and how good governance can be implemented in your organisation, including:

• knowing what good governance looks like
• how museums can differ from other types of charity
• understanding what open recruitment is and why it’s so important
• understanding conflict of interests and policy creation to combat it
• how to run productive board meetings
• succession planning and the problems this can pose