How the other half live
Ever keen to find out what our colleagues are up to in other museums, five members of the UCM education team travelled to Oxford to meet up with staff from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The team at Oxford arranged a packed day where we met not only the education team but also their exhibitions, digital and community…
Drink and Draw at the Museum of Classical Archaeology
One gallery. Two expert artists. Heaps of pencils and lashings of white wine. It can only mean Drink and Draw! The Museum of Classical Archaeology has been a haven for artists for aeons, with its gallery jam-packed full of casts of the masterpieces of classical art. But in May 2015 I decided to build on this popularity by tapping into…
Marketing Cam Lates
It’s been two years since the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) launched Cam Lates, a series of after-hours events with a twist. How do you launch and then promote a hugely varied series of events across nine collections? We asked Richard White, the UCM’s Marketing and Communications Coordinator, for his thoughts… How is marketing Cam Lates different to other UCM…
