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News | Institutions across Wales take part in Welsh Museums Festival – the event celebrates its 10th anniversary this year
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@WelshMuseumsFed @WGCultureGot some spare time this afternoon? Join us today on #WorldMentalHealthDay2024 to discuss Mental Health in Rural Communities
⏰ 3.00pm on Thursday 10 October
🎟️ ……Don't forget that our October seminar is coming up, exploring the topic of Mental Health in Rural Communities
⏰ 3.00pm on Thursday 10 October
🎟️ …
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@RSABI
@FarmersWeeklyThe @rmnvoice hosts two brilliant lectures this autumn—one featuring our own Deputy Chair, @DrSarahHolland!
10 October: Mental Health in Rural Communities >
7 November: Tackling the Climate Crisis with the Power of Rural Museums > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tackling-the-climate-crisis-with-the-power-of-rural-museums-tickets-937521952397?aff=oddtdtcreator
Category Archives: RMN news
Exploring how to identify, care for and share rural collections
We’re delighted to be able to share with you a new resource aimed at exploring how to identify, care for and share rural collections. The Rural Relevance toolkit for museums was created because of a skills and knowledge gap identified … Continue reading
So, you’ve joined the Network but why not go the whole hog?
The Rural Museums Network is run by a dedicated committee of volunteers who support members, organise events and initiate projects. The committee are always keen to ensure that they represent the network as a whole – in terms of the … Continue reading
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
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
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
Rural Museums Network Annual Conference 2015
Annual Conference 2015 The Preservation and Interpretation of Historic Farm Buildings The Rural Museums Network annual conference for 2015 will be held in Scotland on 20th and 21st May. It is being hosted jointly by Urras Achadh an Droighinn/The … Continue reading
Settling House settles into new museum home
The Settling House or Counting House from the old cattle market in nearby Bury St Edmunds has been removed, restored and is now on show as an exhibit at the Museum of East Anglian Life at Stowmarket. Click here for … Continue reading
2014 AGM and Conference
The theme for this year’s Conference was larger and working objects in museums. On Wednesday 14th May we met at the S.E. Davis Collection at Astwood Bank near Redditch. Tim Bryan of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, Skills for the Future … Continue reading
Digitising the Agricultural Heritage Distributed National Collection
The RMN is pleased to announce that it will be putting records from the AHDNC online. Over the next few months Isobel Keith will be preparing records for inclusion on Culture Grid, the digital UK collections resource operated by Collections … Continue reading
Steam ploughing tackle on the move!
A steam ploughing cultivator and harrows have recently been transferred from the Museum of Lincolnshire Life at Lincoln to the Museum of East Anglian Life at Stowmarket. The equipment was surplus to requirement at Lincoln, but just what MEAL needed. Both … Continue reading
