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A post from Newcastle

I got to do the really nice bits – taking our guests out in the evening! We managed to sample a multicultural range of food with Italian, ‘bistro style’, Chinese and Spanish – just goes...

Good news from Hisham

Good News everyone, Hisham has been short-listed for having one of his photos from London to be included   in the eighth edition of Schmap London Guide, to be published early September 2009! You can see Hisham’s photo of the British...

Four ICTP2009 Participants at Tyne&Wear Archives and Museums for 10 busy days

Archiving, Training Courses, Workshops, Web awereness and much more: Sayan

Ideas and Techniques: Museums act as resource Centre for Heritage Management and also form a very important treasure for any country. Fortunately this year (2009) I am one of the participants of British Museum International...

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery staff comments on ICTP2009 participants

This year 4 participants went to Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery (BMAG): Haytham and Nourah, and Nilanjan and Sayan. Here are some quotes from what the staff at BMAG thought about it all: ‘This was...

New ideas but practical concerns: Layla

There were three things learnt during my participation on the International curatorial Training Programme 2009, which I thought were particularly interesting. I was interested to learn to use MIMSY as used by Glasgow Museums for...

The importance of maps and pamphlets: Nimat

First of all I would like to thank all of the staff at the British Museum who gave me this opportunity for learning and training in all things relating to museums. I truly believe the...

Some points of interest: Haytham

I’m going to mention the most important points from all that I have learnt, and those which I would like to see implement in my work in the future: a) I learnt a great deal...

New ideas and inspirations: Lidan

I had a wonderful experience and gained much more knowledge of the museum world during my time in London and Newcastle. Firstly, there was the phenomenom of multi-site museums:  Tyne and Wear Museums (TWM) consist...

Highlighting practical problems and limitations: Salim

The training course has also made some participants think of the practical implications. Salim commented on this issue very well: ” All ideas and techniques of the British Museum are very good but I cannot...