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Review: Taylors Bellfoundry Museum & Factory Tour
Museums are wonderfully diverse. Some are deeply embedded in their communities, offering valued services to a broad audience. Others,...

Paul Baker
Dec 30, 20244 min read
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Are Museums a natural home for the neurodiverse employee?
Today’s Heritage Thinking Differently  blog ventures into new territory: neurodiversity in the workplace. Much of the discussion around...

Paul Baker
Dec 17, 20244 min read
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How the threat to museums has changed over time
Few will have missed the alarming number of museums reported as being at risk of closure in the past year. The museum sector has long...

Paul Baker
Dec 12, 20244 min read
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The point we often miss when we talk about donations
How well do we truly understand the emotional and psychological benefits of giving to charity? Welcome back to the Heritage Thinking...

Paul Baker
Dec 8, 20243 min read
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News: Heritage Thinking Differently to be new home for acclaimed strategic planning programme.
Heritage Thinking Differently to Offer Acclaimed Strategic Planning Programme A New Era for Strategic Planning in the Cultural Sector...

Paul Baker
Dec 5, 20243 min read
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'Tis the Season... for Museum Shops to Shine
As we dive into the festive season, it never ceases to amaze me how underutilised museum retail remains at this time of year. There’s a...

Paul Baker
Nov 22, 20243 min read
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What do the Museum Development Midlands Oversight Board do?
Full disclosure: for the sake of transparency, I should mention that I sit on the Museum Development Midlands (MDM) Oversight Board and...

Paul Baker
Oct 31, 20243 min read
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Case Study: An Educational Partnership
What do you do when your schools’ program is oversubscribed? During my tenure as Executive Director at Creswell Crags Museum &...

Paul Baker
Oct 16, 20243 min read
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Is your museum still on X (Twitter)?
I read a post on LinkedIn recently by We The Curious in Bristol about their decision to 'not be active' on X (Twitter). I've also been...

Paul Baker
Oct 14, 20243 min read
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Review: Aurora Wellbeing Heritage Hub. Is it a museum or something altogether more intriguing?
On World Mental Health Day last week, I had the privilege of attending the Museum Development Midland’s ‘Sense of Place’ event at the...

Paul Baker
Oct 11, 20242 min read
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What does your Museum Shop Sunday Strategy Look like?
Museum shop sunday Museum Shop Sunday returns on Sunday, 1st December. Will you be taking part? More importantly, how will you maximise...

Paul Baker
Oct 11, 20243 min read
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