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Make Me a Museum... the introduction
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This podcast explores the world of small museums in the UK. This intro episode explains the purpose of the podcast as a much needed resources of ideas, and realistic practice for small museums. Each subsequent episode will feature a discussion with a museum professional highlighting small changes museums can make to help them make their museum a better place to work, volunteer or visit.
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Transcript
Introduction to 'Make Me A Museum'
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Hello and welcome to Make Me A Museum.
Realities of Small UK Museums
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This podcast focuses on the realities of working in small museums in the UK.
Challenges and Opportunities
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We'll be highlighting the challenges they face as well as the opportunities that might be available to them.
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We'll
Best Practices Implementation
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be examining best practice and learning how museums interpret and perhaps more importantly implement it. And
Small Changes, Big Impact
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at the heart of it all we'll be looking at the marginal gains, so these small changes that museums can make that will ultimately hopefully, make their museums better places to work and visit.
Highlighting Practice Areas
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The idea is that each episode will focus on a different area of practice within an individual museum, and we'll be looking at what small changes they've made to improve their practice, why they've made them, how they've implemented them, and what impact they've had.
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We're on the hunt
Spotlight on Overlooked Museums
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for museums that maybe sometimes fall off the radar, but are doing some fantastic work.
Call for Inspiring Museum Stories
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So if you work, volunteer or just know of a small museum doing some really great work, please get in touch.
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And
Invitation for Listener Inspiration
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if you're looking for that tiny bit of inspiration that might just set you back on your way, please listen over the next few weeks to Make Me a Museum with me, Alice LePage.