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Driving cultural engagement through effective partnerships: the Durham experience Dr Keith Bartlett & Dr Sarah Price

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Driving cultural engagement through effective partnerships: the Durham experience

Dr Keith Bartlett & Dr Sarah Price

A long history

A changing environment

Lindisfarne Gospels Durham

Lindisfarne Gospels Durham

Lindisfarne Gospels Durham

Lessons learned

• That collections should be at the heart of our cultural offer

• That we need to actively engage with research

• That we need to work in partnership with our users and other cultural institutions

• That we need to develop a wide-ranging engagement programme

• That we have skills and knowledge that can and should be shared

Engaging with research

Meaningful and diverse engagement

Meaningful and diverse engagement

Definitely meaningful!

Developing new ways of working

• Embedding partnership

• Cultural enterprise

• Developing a cultural strategy

What’s next?