Welcome to the ‘emotionally laden work in museums’ website. This is a space to capture and share our thoughts, conversations and resources on this important topic. A key element of our work together was the ‘New futures of care: Investigating emotionally laden work in museums’ project graciously funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). The project ran from February 2024 to January 2025 and focused on hosting two workshops for invited researchers, museum and heritage professionals and policy makers. You can access a copy of our project report here: New Futures of Care Report.
Our aim is to continue to open-up conversations on this topic to create a better understanding of the emotions used and experienced in museum work and ultimately help support worker-wellbeing.
You will find more information about the RSE project here, with findings shared throughout this website, as well as in academic and sector publications.
We continue to update and expand this website as our collaboration continues and warmly invite you to join our conversation!
