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The Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (GoMA) opened in 1996 and quickly established itself as a member of the city’s family of museums (now part of Culture & Sport Glasgow). Its exhibition policy has a range of elements but the central distinguishing feature is the ‘Contemporary arts and human rights’ programme which began in 2001. To date there have been three biennial exhibitions on human rights themes: asylum seekers and refugees (Sanctuary, 2003), violence against women (Rule of Thumb, 2005) and sectarianism (Blind Faith, 2007). Each of these programmes included exhibitions that were accompanied by a citywide community engagement strategy, with the objective for both to be of international quality... more
The National Gallery has commissioned the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) to evaluate Articulate 2, their secondary school literacy programme. Since 2003 the National Gallery has been working with professional authors, poets, scriptwriters, and journalists to develop literacy work with secondary schools from the London boroughs of Hackney, Islington and Brent. The model has enabled students, teachers, gallery staff and the writers involved to gain new perspectives on how the visual arts can be used to inspire creative, thinking, learning and writing. During 2008 and 2009, RCMG will explore the impact of the programme on the students from multiple perspectives, including that of the teachers, gallery staff and writers, and place it in a broader national context of learning in museums.
Their Past Your Future, was launched in 2004 as part of the Veterans Reunited programme to bring generations of people in the UK together to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Their Past Your Future 2, run by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and funded by Big Lottery, is the second phase building on the success of first programme. It is an annual grant programme of £1.5 million open to all museums, libraries and archives in England. The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) has been commissioned to evaluate the programme focused on projects taking place in 2007-2010. The evaluation will also use data collected in year 1 to reflect on the programme and give context to this study.
What role might museums and galleries play in challenging disabilism by informing the ways in which people think about disability and understand disabled peoples’ lives?
Rethinking Disability Representation is a large scale, experimental project which is developing new approaches to the interpretation of disability and the representation of disabled people’s lives .... more
Since 2003 the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), now the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), have jointly sponsored a partnership between national and regional museums in England that is designed …. more
This report was commissioned from the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) by Renaissance East of England and Museums, Libraries and Archives East of England. It investigates the impact that museums in the East of England have …. more
The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) was commissioned by the National Gallery to carry out a long-term evaluation of the impact of Raphael’s ‘Madonna of the Pinks’ on young people. The evaluation focuses on the perceptions, feeling and attitudes of young people …. more
This research project was commissioned by Colchester Museums and was funded by the Museums, Archives and Libraries Council (MLA) through the Designation Challenge Fund and the East of England Museum Hub Specialisms Fund. Colchester Borough Council also contributed to the funding …. more
Commissioned from the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), this report explores the impact of Renaissance funding on museum education, looking specifically at the impact on pupils’ learning following school visits to museums. This study grows out of and extends an earlier study carried out in 2003-2004 …. more
Developing learning advocates in museums, archives and libraries in the North West was a professional development initiative facilitated by the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) in partnership …. more
Commissioned by MLA North West, the aim of this research study was to identify and analyse the challenges and barriers which militate against archives in the North West engaging with Inspiring Learning for All …. more
In response to MLA's initiative Inspiring Learning for All, the East Midlands Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (EMMLAC), now MLA East of England, developed a cross-domain learning network for the region …. more
Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), The ‘Open Minds’ education programme at Harewood House started on 2000 to work with young people aged from 7-18 years, to introduce new audiences …. more
Books Connect was a project with reading at its core. Led by public libraries, it demonstrated how books and reading could inspire innovative ways for libraries, museums and archives to work in partnership with the arts to develop new audiences and new venues for reading inspired creativity. The second phase of the project sought to embed and sustain the work of its predecessor project completed in November 2002 …. more
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB), now the Arts and Council Research Council (AHRC), Buried in the Footnotes represents a new questioning of the past and an exploration of the hidden histories of disabled people in museum and gallery collections …. more
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), now the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), commissioned twelve projects through the Strategic Commissioning Programme 2003-2004: National/Regional Museum Education Partnerships. The aim was to encourage partnerships between museums and the educational sector …. more
The TCS project with Mackenzie Ward Research Ltd. (mwr) was funded by the former Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as part of the UK government's initiative to facilitate knowledge transfer between the higher education sector and industry. The project aimed to benchmark and test …. more
Funded by the European Union (EU), Mirror was a collaborative project which aimed to research learning strategies and cooperative practices among museum staff and to launch innovative web-based technologies to …. more
The Renaissance in the Regions Report (2001) recommended a new integrated framework for the museum sector in order to promote excellence and develop services, particularly the development and improvement of the learning and education potential of museums …. more
The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) was commissioned by Resource, now the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), to work with them on the development of Inspiring Learning for All, a vision for accessible learning in museums, archives and libraries …. more
Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), A Catalyst for Change is a retrospective evaluation of the impact of the Open Museum, Glasgow, established as an innovative project to take museum collections out to those communities which the museum service had failed to reach …. more
While the introduction of free entry to National Museums in Wales saw an increase in museum visits of 85 per cent across eight National Museums and Gallery of Wales (NMGW) sites, this research focused on the needs, attitudes and perceptions among non-user communities in Wales …. more
The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) was commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), now the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), to evaluate the Museums and Galleries Education Programme …. more
The Education Challenge Fund was a response to the rapidly growing need for increased educational capacity in museums in Britain. Launched in 1999 by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the fund aimed to provide museums and galleries with access …. more
Making Meaning in Art Museums 2 is the second of two pilot projects looking at the theme of art museums and their ‘interpretive communities.’ For this second study the Long Gallery at Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery was selected as the research site …. more
Commissioned by Arts Council England in partnership with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) undertook a research audit to advise cultural organisations on how to develop more inclusive messages and thereby broaden audiences …. more
The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) was commissioned by engage, The National Association for Gallery Education, to evaluate its two-year encompass programme, ten projects linking schools and galleries across England. The projects targeted …. more
A major focus for the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) is the educational role, function and potential of museums and galleries. When RCMG was launched in January 1999 it was evident that there was no readily available overview …. more
This publication explores issues around the social responsibility of museums and galleries and their potential to impact on inequality and disadvantage. It features multiple voices and experiences reflecting both the subject matter and approach to Including Museums …. more
This research, which contributed to Including Museums, was commissioned by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) to provide information about the contribution that small museums and galleries …. More
Museums and galleries in the United Kingdom are challenged today to demonstrate their social relevance, to become more socially inclusive and to provide evidence of their educational value. This demands a greater sensitivity towards actual and potential visitors and …. more
RCMG was commissioned by the Group for Large Local Authority Museums (GLLAM) to undertake research into museums, galleries and social inclusion within its membership. Museums and Social Inclusion: The GLLAM Report is an advocacy document showing the contribution …. more