NIMC Events
Upcoming Events
LET’S TALK – Funding
Event Date(s): January 13, 2025
Time: 10am - 12:30pm
Event Type: Online Webinar
Join us online for another LET’S TALK session. This time we will be covering...
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Dublin – Members Study Trip
Event Date(s): January 21, 2025
Event Type: In Person Event
Venue: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Register your Expression of Interest to join us at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
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Poverty Proofing Culture
Event Date(s): January 30, 2025
Time: 9:30am – 12pm
Event Type: Online Webinar
Join us online to hear how you can support inclusive access to arts, museums...
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Playful Museums Festival 2025
Event Date(s): February 1, 2025
Event Type: In Person Event
LET’S TALK – Digital & Museums
Event Date(s): February 25, 2025
Time: 10am - 12:30pm
Event Type: Online Webinar
Join us online for another LET’S TALK session. This time we will be covering...
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Museums of Hope: Combining Scientific Data and Storytelling for People & Planet
Event Date(s): March 11, 2025
Time: 10:00 -17:00
Event Type: In Person Event
Venue: Belfast Room, Ulster Museum Belfast
Collections Review
Event Date(s): March 13, 2025
Time: 10am – 12:30pm
Event Type: Online Training
This session will explore the Spectrum Collections review procedure, looking at how collections reviews...
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Deaccessioning and Disposal
Event Date(s): March 27, 2025
Time: 10am – 12:30pm
Event Type: Online Training
Join us as we hear from Collections Trust
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LGBTQ+ History tour of Hillsborough Castle
Event Date(s): May 9, 2025
Event Type: In Person Event
Venue: Hillsborough Castle
Join us for an NIMC members study trip to hear about the history and...
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Past Events
Copyright Training
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Event Date(s): November 26, 2024
Time: 10am - 11:30am
Event Type: Online Event
Online session covering the basics of copyright and how it determines how museums reproduce...
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Collections Care – Handling & Packing and Labelling & Marking
Note: Registration has closed
Event Date(s): November 19, 2024
Time: 9am - 12:30pm
Event Type: In Person Training
Venue: Heron Road Store Meeting Room, 22 Heron Road, Harbour Estate, BT39 9LE
A joint training session with National Museums NI looking at object packing, handling, marking...
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Let’s Talk – Redevelopment and Reimagining
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Event Date(s): October 15, 2024
Time: 10am - 12:30pm
Event Type: Online Webinar
Join us online for another LET’S TALK session. This time we will be covering...
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Creating Family Friendly Museums
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Event Date(s): October 1, 2024
Time: 2pm - 3:30pm
Event Type: Online Event
Creating Family Friendly Museums – Afternoon Cuppa Session
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GLAM Cares NI
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Event Date(s): September 26, 2024
Time: 10am - 11:30am
Event Type: Online Webinar
Join us online for a GLAM Cares session provided for the NI museum sector.
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Museums Forum and AGM 2024
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Event Date(s): September 24, 2024
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Event Type: Conference
Venue: Cultra Manor, Ulster Folk Museum, 153 Bangor Road
Join NI Museums Council for an afternoon exploring what is happening in the NI...
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Let’s Talk – Fixing Our Broken Planet
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Event Date(s): June 18, 2024
Time: 10am - 11:45pm
Event Type: Online Webinar
Join our online event to hear about Fixing Our Broken Planet: Community of Practice
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Dementia Friends Information Session
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Event Date(s): June 10, 2024
Time: 10am - 11am
Event Type: Online Event
Dementia Friends is a light touch information awareness session with a mission to educate,...
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IMA-NIMC Education and Outreach Forum 2024
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Event Date(s): May 2, 2024
Time: 10:30am - 4:30pm
Event Type: In Person Event
Venue: Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Smithfield, Dublin 7
The IMA and NIMC are once again partnering to present this annual day of...
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ICOM UK Conference 2024 – Common Ground: the role of museums in divided communities
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Event Date(s): April 12, 2024
Time: 10:00am - 4:15pm
Event Type: In Person Event
Venue: Ulster Museum, Belfast
Learn more about how to register for two free tickets courtesy of the NI...
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Let’s Talk – Curatorial and Workforce Diversity Programmes
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Event Date(s): March 19, 2024
Time: 2pm – 4:30pm
Event Type: Online Webinar
How can you diversify workforces and expand the curatorial voices in your organisations? Learn...
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Playful Museums Festival 2024
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Event Date(s): February 1, 2024
Event Type: In Person Event
Join in the fun as we welcome under 5s into our museums and galleries...
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Dublin – Members Study Trip
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Event Date(s): January 31, 2024
Event Type: In Person Event
Venue: Museum of Literature Ireland and Kilmainham Gaol
Register your Expression of Interest to join us at Museum of Literature Ireland and...
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Queer Possibility & LGBTQ+ tour
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Event Date(s): December 14, 2023
Time: 10am – 1pm
Event Type: In Person Training
Venue: Northern Ireland War Memorial
An introduction to Queer Possibility, a set of strategies for interpreting queer stories in...
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SEND in Museums
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Event Date(s): December 5, 2023
Time: 10am – 12:30am
Event Type: Online Training
In summer 2023 we sent a poll out to our mailing list asking what...
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Let’s Talk – Social Prescribing
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Event Date(s): November 21, 2023
Time: 10am – 12:30pm
Event Type: Online Webinar
What is social prescribing, what role do museums have to play in it and...
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Applying to Funders
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Event Date(s): October 17, 2023
Time: 9:30am – 1:30pm
Event Type: Online Training
Maximise your chances of success and improve your approaches to developing a well-honed application.
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Introduction to Developing an Impact Evaluation Plan for your Museum
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Event Date(s): September 28, 2023
Time: 10am – 12pm
Event Type: Online Training
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail! A free introduction to developing an impact evaluation...
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Museums Forum and AGM
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Event Date(s): September 26, 2023
Time: 1pm-4pm
Event Type: Online Webinar
Join us online for our annual Forum and AGM to hear what is happening...
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The 3Rs of Volunteer Management: Recruit, Retain & Reward for Museums
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Event Date(s): September 20, 2023
Time: 10am – 1pm
Event Type: Online Training
A bespoke session for museums on current volunteering trends and the implications for recruitment...
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Evaluation & Monitoring Frameworks
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Event Date(s): September 12, 2023
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Event Type: Online Training
This free introductory 2.5-hour session is designed to show that evaluation and monitoring isn’t...
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Belfast City Cemetery and Visitor Centre – Members Study Trip and Tour
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Event Date(s): August 17, 2023
Time: 10am – 13:30pm
Event Type: In Person Event
Venue: Belfast City Cemetery and Visitor Centre
Join us for an NIMC members study trip and tour of the Belfast City...
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Let’s Talk – Student Placements
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Event Date(s): August 15, 2023
Time: 10am – 12:30pm
Event Type: Online Webinar
Join our next ‘Let’s Talk’ event and learn how you can connect with Universities...
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Understanding Environmental Control for Museums
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Event Date(s): June 28, 2023
Time: 10am – 1pm
Event Type: In Person Training
Venue: The Argory
This training explores the range of options for control of temperature and relative humidity...
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IMA-NIMC Education and Outreach Forum 2023
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Event Date(s): June 23, 2023
Time: 10:30am - 4:30pm
Event Type: In Person Event
Venue: President's Hall, Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Smithfield, Dublin 7
The IMA and NIMC are once again partnering to present the 2023 annual Education...
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Rethinking Cataloguing
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Event Date(s): June 15, 2023
Time: 10am – 12pm
Event Type: Online Training
In this bitesize session, we will introduce the latest version of the Spectrum Cataloguing...
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Understanding Environmental Data for Museums
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Event Date(s): June 9, 2023
Time: 10am – 1pm
Event Type: In Person Training
Venue: Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum
This training is aimed at museums and individuals who undertake monitoring of temperature and...
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An Introduction to Spectrum
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Event Date(s): May 23, 2023
Time: 10am – 12pm
Event Type: Online Training
Suitable for those new to the Spectrum collections management standard or in need of a refresher,...
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Let’s Talk – Playful Museums Festival
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Event Date(s): May 16, 2023
Time: 10am – 12:30pm
Event Type: Online Webinar
Join us online for our next ‘Let’s Talk’ event, when we will review the...
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