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Did you know we have scrapbooks of newspaper clippings that predate the opening of @ufm_cultra? Discover these and more as part of our CDP studentship with @LeicsMusStud, funded by @ahrcpress. For further details, please visit: http://le.ac.uk/rcmg/current-news. Deadline 20th May 2024! ⏳
Interesting news for those interested in WW2 farms and food policy. The National Archives are set to digitise the wartime national farm survey archives. @TheMERL @archivesgb @BAHSoc @rmnvoice @AgriMuseums
Author Archives: Hannah Jackson
Taking the Aggravation out of Agricultural Collections!
At Staffordshire County Museum I find our collection of agricultural machinery and tools quite overwhelming. It’s not a subject area I feel confident in. Agriculture and farming is an important part of Staffordshire’s history, so it’s a key collection but … Continue reading
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Save the date! 2019 Annual Seminar & AGM
Save the date! The annual seminar of the Rural Museums Network will take place on Sunday 6th and Monday 7th October 2019 at Beamish, the Living Museum of the North in County Durham. Join us on Sunday 6th October and … Continue reading
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Understanding Rural Networks – Freelance project opportunity
The Rural Museums Network (RMN) is delighted to have been awarded funding from Arts Council England’s Subject Specialist Network Fund to deliver the ‘Understanding Rural Networks’ project. RMN is seeking to engage a freelance worker to help deliver a programme … Continue reading
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Call for Papers – CIMA: Past and Future Agricultures
From 20 to 23 July 2020 the Museum of English Rural Life will play host to the Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Museums, AIMA. Please consider submitting a proposal and feel free to share this information far and wide. … Continue reading
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Book now for the 2018 Annual Seminar!
Book now to join us for the annual seminar of the Rural Museums Network. Sunday 30 September and Monday 1 October 2018 Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Norfolk Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse (part of Norfolk Museums Service) incorporates a museum of … Continue reading
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Save the date for the 2018 Annual Seminar
Save the date! The annual seminar of the Rural Museums Network will take place on Sunday 30 September and Monday 1 October 2018 at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse in Norfolk. Join us on Sunday 30 September and experience the museum’s … Continue reading
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Your guide to interpreting carriages
As part of Staffordshire Archives & Heritage’s Arts Council Resilience funded ‘Moving On’ project, a new ‘Guide to Interpreting Carriages’ has been produced. It is available as a free download at www.staffordshirecarriages.org.uk Horse-drawn carriages are found in museum collections across … Continue reading
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Rural Museums Network Development Study vacancy
On this post you find attached an advert for a consultant/worker to undertake a primarily desk-based review of RMN’s current activities and make recommendations regarding our future development. This work is being commissioned following discussion by the RMN committee and the detailed … Continue reading
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