RSE workshop grant complete!

As of 1 February 2025, we met a major milestone with the completion of our Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) supported workshop grant. We are extremely thankful for the support of RSE, and additionally from King’s College London and the University of Stirling, which made it possible to design and host two workshops exploring emotions

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Summer 2024 Update

As the Summer draws to a close (where did it go?!), and we are now creeping just past the half-way point of our RSE funded workshop grant, we have our sights and planning set firmly on the final 6 months of our emotions in museum work collaboration. This is an exciting time with our second

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Guest Blog – ‘Speaking for ourselves, or our institutions?’

By David Hingley ‘it was an important reminder of the impression our work can leave on us’ Earlier this year I was lucky to be invited to take part in the first Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), University of Stirling (UoS), and King’s College London (KCL) supported ‘emotions in museum work’ workshop on the topic

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Guest Blog – ‘Doing What Feels Right’

By Tom Hughes Over the past few years, I’ve experienced the widest range of emotions in my museum career as I’ve tried to connect with non-traditional audiences for our museums service and create opportunities for people to participate and tell their stories.  Sometimes, this has been met by resistance from colleagues who feel we should

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A ‘full of care’ approach to researching emotions in museum work

On 1 May 2024 we hosted our first Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), University of Stirling (UoS), and King’s College London (KCL) supported ‘emotions in museum work’ event. We will be reporting later on its emerging themes (including at this conference). For now, we have been pondering an unexpected response to the event. This was

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Guest Blog – ‘It’s a privilege to do my job’

By Esther Amis-Hughes ‘It is a privilege to do my job’ What an emotionally loaded statement.  The word privilege has become very problematic, and the idea that those who access arts careers are privileged is often explored in articles and social media posts. But as a singular noun privilege means appreciation, as in ‘I am

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Spring Update

We have been busy getting ready for our first workshop to be held at the University of Stirling 1 May 2024 funded through the Royal Society of Edinburgh, University of Stirling, and King’s College London. With a fantastic lineup of participants, we are certain the day will lead to rich knowledge exchange and new insights,

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