Beamish Museum September 2015 Towards selfsufficiency with purpose

Beamish Museum – September 2015 Towards self-sufficiency with purpose… Or how to adapt and prosper in the age of austerity

Beamish Museum – September 2015 UK context….

Beamish Museum – September 2015 UK context…. Museums >

Beamish Museum – September 2015 We must have such a museum in England: otherwise so much would be lost along with the equally important chance to tell everyone about their own past Dr Frank Atkinson, 1952

Beamish Museum – September 2015

Beamish Museum – September 2015

Beamish Museum – September 2015

Beamish Museum – September 2015 Future planning – including the 1950 s

Beamish Museum – September 2015 Any transferable lessons? 1. Clear, distinctive purpose: Everyone’s work aligned to this. Led with passion. 2. Entrepreneurial: Innovate – match what’s possible with what’s needed. 3. Inclusive: Absolute focus on a diverse audience. 4. Creating value: Use knowledge/collections to create experiences that people pay for. 5. Learning: Through participation - using collections to tell stories. 6. Community resource: Social meeting points, inter-generational. Democratic. 7. Delivering social/economic benefits: Tourism; Health; Jobs; lifelong learning; training 8. Investing in people: developing progression routes 9. Networked: outward looking, learning from others, digital 10. Continuous evaluation: Know your performance – share learning in a transparent way

Beamish Museum – September 2015

Thanks for having me Richard Evans Director, Beamish Museum richardevans@beamish. org. uk