Knowledge is Key: Using academic research at Discovery Museum
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Knowledge is Key:
Using academic research at
Discovery MuseumMuseums Association Conference
5 October 2010
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4 Stakeholder groups1.Visitors & non-visitors
2. External experts & specialists
3. Stakeholders & funders
4. Staff & volunteers
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How did the partnership work?
• Contractual model
• Long term partnership
• Collaborative
• Feedback to Steering Group
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Benefits & legacy
• Body of research
• Contacts for the future
• Consultation model
• Facilitation & diagramming skills
• Undergraduate research
• Collaborative PhD
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Challenges
• Museum can’t abrogate responsibility for research
• University staff are the museum’s ambassadors
• Cost!
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Dear Chief Secretary,
I’m afraid to tell you there’s no
money left!
Yours, Liam