Alistair Brown
Head of Museums, Libraries and Archives Policy at the National Lottery Heritage Fund
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- We're hiring! Come and work with me at the National Lottery Heritage Fund on all things heritage policy. This is a great opportunity to have a real impact in the heritage sector by supporting our grant-making and contributing to our policy direction. heritagefund.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/v...
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- Great to see John Swinney giving a speech in support of Scotland's museums, and highlighting the new Museum Futures programme delivered by @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk with support from National Lottery Heritage Fund.
- Reposted by Alistair Brown🎉 The wait is over! Meet the Family Friendly Museum Award 2025 shortlist🏆 From free, hands on activities to co-designed inclusive resources, these museums are going above and beyond to ensure a great experience for their family visitors. Explore the shortlist: kidsinmuseums.org.uk/2025/06/disc...
- Really delighted to be @museumsandheritage.com Awards last night - particularly to see the winners of our Heritage Fund-sponsored Sustainable Project of the Year Award - Railworld Wildlife Haven in Peterborough, and Stourbridge Glass Museum. Well done! www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/winners...
- Really looking forward to speaking about the National Lottery Heritage Fund's role in supporting organisational sustainability in the heritage sector at @museumsandheritage.com Show today. If you're at the Show, come and find us at Theatre 1 at 12.45. show.museumsandheritage.com/2025-program...
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- Great to see a brilliant shortlist for the @artfund.bsky.social Museum of the Year Award 2025 - can't wait to see who wins...
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- Thought this was an outstanding podcast by @danneidle.bsky.social from the BBC. Wonkish but clear, entertaining and much needed - well worth checking out: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
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- Reposted by Alistair BrownDo you use Historic Environment Scotland's data? If so you need to know that Canmore is being retired this June. Trove (www.trove.scot) is replacing it and is now online in beta. Please try it out and feedback your comments here: haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/heritage/470...
- Extraordinary political interference happening in museums across the pond.
- We have a fantastic shortlist of projects for the Sustainable Project of the Year Award at @museumsandheritage.com Awards 2025. Take a look here and be inspired! www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/six-pro...
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- Delighted that the National Archives has announced the first successful projects under the new Archives Revealed programme. Fantastic cataloguing and consortium projects that will enable access to previously hidden history - all supported by Heritage Fund. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/a...
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- Great to see major new government investment in England's museums and heritage sectors today. A huge boost to many organisations facing significant challenges. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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- Great discussion here about the future of museums with @benansell.bsky.social @tonybutler1.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social Sara Wajid and Sharon Ament. Culture, community and cash at the heart of the debate. Give it a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- Great to be at the Natural History Museum today to celebrate the amazing impact of the Explore Urban Nature project which has seen 13 museums across the UK work with schools to help pupils understand and care for urban nature: www.nhm.ac.uk/schools/expl...
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- Delighted to be sponsoring the Sustainable Project of the Year Award at @museumsandheritage.com 2025. Enter by 31st Jan if you're a museum or heritage site aiming to become more environmentally sustainable. And the award is FREE to enter too!
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- It's #HeritageTreasures Day today - a great way to celebrate the UK's amazing heritage projects and the people who make them special. I want to share some of the recent museum and archive projects that we've funded at the National Lottery Heritage Fund 👇 www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/get-inv...
- Really pleased to see more and more #museum folk on Bluesky, including more and more institutional accounts. Seems like we might be able to replicate the best of the museums community from Twitter right here...
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- Great to be at the Wolfson History Prize last night and to see Joya Chatterji win from amongst a brilliant shortlist. A really important prize for showcasing the best contemporary history writing in the UK.
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- Really interesting group of projects nominated for the @museumsassociation.bsky.social Museums Change Lives Awards this year. Looking forward to finding out who the winners are at MA Conference in November: www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/mu...
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- So... the Louvre's endowment fund is massive, weird and an ethical minefield.
- Really enjoying M+H Advisor's Secret Museum Director column. Interesting reflections on volunteer management in museums in this month's piece - how to support, cajole, retain and recruit - and when to say it's a staff role. advisor.museumsandheritage.com/blogs/the-hi...
- UK museum folk, have you checked out the new Art Fund project Going Places? It's designed to support partnerships between small and medium sized museums to enable new touring exhibitions, and is open for applications till 24th Nov. www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/art-fun...
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