As I arrived at Langley Academy I was struck by how different it was from my secondary school. The security gate, the guard and its sheer scale, all seemed so dissimilar to my perceptions. Why, you might ask, are SEMFed visiting a school? Don’t you usually visit museums? Well, yes we do, however Langley Academy… Continue Reading
Martin Howe Bursary — SEMFed Study Trip 2018
Each year, SEMFed offers a travel bursary in honour of Martin Howe, an ex-President of the Federation who was involved in the organisation for many years. Martin Howe was Curator at Peterborough Museum from the 1980s to the early 1990s, when he became ill and died at a young age. Together with Martin’s widow, the… Continue Reading
2017 AGM documents
The 2017 SEMFed AGM was held at the July Study day in Kings Lynn. The minutes, president’s report and accounts are available below: 2017-07-05 AGM minutes final 2017-07-05 President’s report South and East Museums Federation Accounts
‘Mayors, Miscreants and Maritime in King’s Lynn’, Wednesday 5th July, 2017
SEMF Study Day and AGM: ‘Mayors, Miscreants and Maritime in King’s Lynn’, Wednesday 5 July, 2017 Having only recently joined SEMF late last year, and being based in Suffolk, previous SEMF study days had proved a little out of my reach but ‘Mayors, Miscreants and Maritime in King’s Lynn’ proved a worthy introduction to SEMF… Continue Reading
Survive & Thrive: Innovation at Partnership Working at Watford Museum
SEMFed paid a visit to the wonderful Watford Museum in March this year to find out more about how the museum is developing successful partnerships within its local community. Opened in 1981 and housed in a Grade II-listed Georgian Town House, the site is the previous home of Hertfordshire’s largest brewer, the Benskins Brewery. The… Continue Reading
Imperial War Museum Duxford SEMFED Study Day 10.05.17
We were blessed with a beautiful, cloudless day for the SEMFED study trip to Imperial War Museum Duxford. The site and exhibition spaces have developed significantly in the last few years so the aim of the day was to see what the staff at Imperial War Museum had achieved with their redisplay of the American… Continue Reading
Amsterdam Study Trip 2017
This year for our Study Trip we visited Amsterdam. Holders of the Martin Howe Bursary have written a report about our visit. Laura Hill Hello! I’m Laura, and I am a volunteer at the Museum of Oxford. I hadn’t previously been to Amsterdam and wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of the… Continue Reading
Amsterdam Study Trip
In January we went on our annual study trip abroad. This year we visited the very cold but beautiful Amsterdam. The trip was full of insights into museums in Amsterdam and what it is like to work in Dutch museums. Stay tuned for a full write up from our bursary holders, all first time Study Trip… Continue Reading
Music, magic, beer, football and cake
Join us on the 21st March 2017 for our next Study Day visiting Watford Museum to hear about their community partnerships plus a tour of the Harry Potter film sets at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour. More information on our Study Days page and booking is essential via eventbrite.
Volunteer Makers
Largest national programme on Future of Volunteering for museums. A two-year Arts Council England-funded programme to help museums attract the next generation of volunteers is launching with two regional seminars in London and the North West in January. Volunteer Makers is a pioneering model developed with museums to meet the challenges and opportunities of… Continue Reading