Power of Place: Celebrating Midlands Museums

Schedule

Wed Nov 12 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum | Birmingham, EN

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Join us for Power of Place: Celebrating Midlands Museums, a dynamic day of inspiration, connection and celebration.
About this Event

About this event

Join us for Power of Place: Celebrating Midlands Museums — a dynamic day of inspiration, connection, and celebration. This Midlands-wide event will shine a spotlight on the incredible work of museums across the Midlands, showcasing how local heritage spaces are championing inclusion, innovation, best practise and community connection.

With insightful case studies, breakout sessions, and contributions from key sector partners, this is a must-attend event for museum professionals, volunteers, Trustees and cultural leaders who believe in the power of midlands museums to shape lives and tell stories that matter.

Come share successes, explore challenges, and discover new ideas to take back to your own museum. Let’s celebrate the Midlands’ vibrant museum landscape — together.


Who should attend?

Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.

Accessibility

If you have any accessibility requirements please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email the MDM team as early as possible stating the support you require.

All participants will receive an email containing full event details. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email the day before the event please contact us.

Read our training accessibility statement

Contact Us

If you have any accessibility or dietary requirements, need any further information, or would like to speak to a member of the team please contact us:

[email protected]

01952 435 943

Catering

Lunch and refreshments will be provided. If you have any allergies or intolerances please notify MDM as early as possible by selecting ‘yes’ against dietary requirements on the booking form and emailing [email protected] with further details.

Bookings

Please note: We require you to complete the full booking form in order to confirm your eligibility for the session. The main booking form questions will appear after you have been through the 'check out' process. If you do not complete this form we will be in contact and reserve the right to cancel your ticket if we do not receive a response.




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Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum, Curzon Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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