Current Publications

• Summary Business Plan 08-09

• Full Business Plan 08-09

The following case studies show current practice in Renaissance East of England. They are arranged under headings to reflect the priority areas set by MLA for 2008-09, with an additional section on Learning.

Audience Development and Community Engagement

• CIMS Case Study Working with Fostered Children

• CIMS Case Study Museum to go

• Fitzwilliam Case Study Art in Action

• Fitzwilliam Case Study Using Theatre to Attract New Audiences

• Fitzwilliam Case Study Art and Wellbeing

• Museums Luton Case Study Travelling People

• Museums Luton Case Study Mental Health Exhibition

• NMAS Case Study Working with Looked After Children

• NMAS Case Study Castle Project Working with Young Offenders

• NMAS Case Study Memorable Days

• NMAS Case Study Consulting Young People

• Kings Lynn Community Consultation Executive Summary

• Kings Lynn Community Consultation Full Report

• Making a difference: Community learning and outreach in the University of Cambridge Museums

Learning

• CIMS Case Study Working with Schools

• CIMS Case Study Working with Excluded Children

• Fitzwilliam Case Study Art in Action

• Museums Luton Case Study Video Conferencing

• NMAS Case Study Living History

• NMAS Case Study Working with Special Needs Pupils

• NMAS Case Study Speedway Project: Working with College Students

• Museums Luton Case Study Grassroots

• Bedfordshire Case Study Learning

• Cambridgeshire Case Study Learning

• Essex Case Study Learning

• Norfolk Case Study Learning

• Suffolk Case Study Learning (Lowestoft)

• Suffolk Case Study Learning (Flixton)

Collections Development and Use

• Fitzwilliam Case Study Prisoners' African Gallery Project

• Fitzwilliam Case Study The Fitzwilliam Online

• Fitzwilliam Case Study Podcasts and eGuides

• Fitzwilliam Case Study Studying Reserve Collections

• Museums Luton Case Study Stockwood

• Our Town Evaluation Report

Workforce and Organisational Development

• CIMS Case Study Disability Work

• Fitzwilliam Case Study Bite-size Training Sessions

• Feast of Fenland Report

• • Museums Luton Case Study Stockwood
  • NMAS Case Study Greater Fens Museums Partnership
  • NMAS Case Study Sustainability
  • WMC Case Study Partnership with Southend
  • NMAS Case Study Maritime Heritage East
  • Maritime Heritage East Newsletter Summer 08
  • Maritime Heritage East Newsletter Autumn 08

Renaissance East of England is a newsletter published twice a year. It covers all the elements of the Renaissance programme, including the Museum Development Fund, Designation Challenge Fund, Subject Specialist Networks and the work of the East of England Museum Hub. The fourth issue has just been published. The next edition will come out in November 2008. For past editions, see the Publications Archive page.

• Renaissance News Issue 05

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Audience Development and Community Engagement

Children's Consultation 2007

Children's Consultation 2008
Report on consultation with children age 9-14 to improve museum services for young people.


• Learning
  • Engage. Learn. Achieve. Full Report
  • Engage. Learn. Achieve. Key findings
    Report investigating the impact of museum visits on the attainment of secondary school pupils.
    
    Collections Development and Use
    • Hidden Histories Report
      Research report on disability representation in NMAS collections.
      
      • Our Town Evaluation Report
        Report on the Our Town project, engaging the community to shape contemporary collections.
        
        Workforce and Organisational Development
        • Evaluation toolkit
        • Evaluation toolkit worksheets
          Toolkit specially written for museum practitioners with case studies and planning tools.
          
          • Engaging Young Minds Audit Report
            Report mapping museum sector's current levels of engagement with Children and Young People's Services.
            
            • Setting the Course
              Report presenting research from the Maritime Heritage East collections survey and a directory of partners.