{"id":1083,"date":"2020-01-31T13:35:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T13:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2020-01-31T13:35:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T13:35:53","slug":"connecting-to-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?p=1083","title":{"rendered":"Connecting to Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Delegates<\/a>

Delegates at the Reap the Rewards event in Wales explore St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff<\/p><\/div>\n

The Reap the Rewards programme is an amazing opportunity for individuals interested or involved in museum collections. Multiple venues throughout the country allows for a unique insight into regional variations on the theme of Agriculture and Rural Community. From water wheels to ploughs, education and policy to public venues and interpretative techniques, the programme offers a chance to network, ask questions, give feed-back and walk around museums across the UK.<\/p>\n

Top Tips I have learnt from the seminar at St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff:<\/p>\n

Tip 1<\/strong>
\nQuestions and images can be asked via the Rural Museum Network\u2019s web-based discussion group for help with artefact identification and best practices.<\/p>\n

Tip 2<\/strong>
\nRMN membership offers access to multiple Distributed National Collections for museums to share resources such as artefacts like tractors and images and toolboxes for planning or collections care management.<\/p>\n

Tip 3<\/strong>
\nIdentify what your museum\u2019s or collection\u2019s relevance is. Having a game plan in place will limit the amount of miscellaneous artefacts you have and assist with resource allocation issues.<\/p>\n

I greatly enjoyed being able to see an alternative way of presenting similar artefacts and interacting with other museum professionals. My favourite part was seeing the interactive interpretations for often-times boringly presented artefacts, such as baskets and textiles. I highly recommend attending the seminar in a location you are unfamiliar with and allowing yourself the time to see the site and surrounding countryside.<\/p>\n

Tamisan Latherow is a PhD student at the University of Reading, she is researching women\u2019s participation in agriculture and the rural community in Britain between 1920-1960 at the Museum of English Rural Life. Previously a living history teacher and demonstrator as well as archivist at Heritage Village Living History Museum in Largo, Florida, USA working with teenage docents.
\nTwitter @SeshatofMars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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