LEM - The Learning Museum Network Project
This space provides visitors the opportunity to learn about museums and lifelong learning, to exchange ideas, information and materials, as well as to find out more about the project. We encourage visitors to participate in discussions available on the website.
It is apparent museums in the 21st century can play an active role in lifelong learning society by integrating collections, spaces and learning programmes into a new joined up framework that connects formal and informal learning providers, increasing access to cultural life and fostering social cohesion, innovation and creativity. The LEM - Learning Museum Network project aims to create a permanent network of museums and cultural heritage organisations and address the challenges of the EU 2020 Strategy and to play an active role with regard to lifelong learning.
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Using mobile technology is an important and growing area of museum practice – from wi-fi in galleries and multimedia tours to smartphone apps and QR codes. The Museums Association (MA) is undertaking a survey to find out how museums are using mobile technology and to identify key challenges and opportunities. All completed entries will be entered into a prize draw.
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MuseumNext is Europe's big conference on social and digital media within the museum sector. Technology is changing the expectations of museum audiences.
They no longer want to have information just broadcasted at them, they want to create, to curate and to co-produce experiences.
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Article by Pier Luigi Sacco. In spite of the multiplication of successful examples of culture-led local and regional development across Europe and elsewhere, there is a widespread perception that the role and potential of culture in the overall European long-term competitiveness strategy is still seriously underrecognized. This reflects in the difficulty to bring cultural policy issues at the top ranks of the broader policy agenda, and consequently explains why the share of structural funds devoted to culture badly fails to match the share of cultural and creative sectors in total EU value added.
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The Manchester Museum is involved in an exciting new project called Labyrintheme. A course in making and telling stories about places, people and objects using participatory theatre techniques. Labyrintheme will provide a new educational approach for those working in cultural and heritage venues to engage audiences, using alternative methods derived from various forms of participatory arts, in particular participatory theatre.
