> Round 2 - Sharing Museum Skills Millennium Awards Grants Announced
> 
> The Museums & Galleries Commission (MGC) has announced seven more
> successful awards from round two of the Sharing Museum Skills
> Millennium
> Awards scheme.  The scheme enables both paid and volunteer staff in
> UK museums and galleries to undertake placements with other museums
> and
> heritage organisations in the UK.  The aim of the scheme is to benefit
> communities by improving the public experience of museums, art
> galleries and
> heritage institutions.  The Sharing Museum Skills Millennium Awards
> scheme is funded by the Millennium Commission.
> 
>       Alison Hulse, the first secondee to complete her project under
> the scheme commented:  "The Sharing Museum Skills placement was for
> all
> parties a valuable learning experience and a success.  My professional
> development during the programme was immense as I had the opportunity
> to
> develop new skills, try out ideas and discuss issues with a variety of
> people.  I would encourage any individual or organisation to take
> advantage of this scheme."
> 
> Rosalyn Clancey, Assistant to the Deputy Director, National Museums of
> Scotland, will be seconded to the Registrar's Department, Victoria &
> Albert Museum, London.  Rosalyn will assist with the organisation of
> touring and international exhibitions and will study the operation of
> centralised procedures in this field.  She represents the first
> successful applicant from Scotland under the nationwide scheme.
> Rosalyn
> has been awarded £2,701 and will begin her secondment in the latter
> half
> of 1999.
> 
> Elizabeth Harvey, Assistant Curator, Burton Art Gallery & Museum,
> Devon,
> will be seconded to The Tate Gallery, St Ives to work with staff and
> members of the local community to assist in the preparation,
> administration and evaluation of their education programme.  Elizabeth
> has been awarded £2,201 and starts in May. 
> 
> Susan Jessop, Arts Education Officer, Hampshire County Museums
> Service,
> will be seconded to The Tate Gallery of Modern Art (Bankside), London.
> The secondment will include researching, supporting and developing a
> project with the contemporary artist, Mark Dion, who is working with
> the
> Tate Gallery at Millbank and at Bankside, and community groups in the
> Southwark area.  Susan has been awarded £2,332 and will begin in June.
> 
> Moira Concannon, Audio-Visual Officer, Ulster Museum, will be on
> secondment to the Liverpool Museum, part of The National Museums &
> Galleries on Merseyside.  Moira will work on the creation of a
> computer-based information point on the ecology of Liverpool Bay and
> the
> Irish Sea which will be housed in the re-developed aquarium at the
> Liverpool Museum.  She will be the first successful applicant from
> Northern Ireland under the nationwide scheme.  Moira has been awarded
> £3,705 and her secondment will take place between November 1999 and
> February 2000.
> 
> Sally Dummer, Registrar, Ipswich Borough Museums & Galleries, will be
> seconded to the British Museum, London, to join the COMPASS* project
> team and undertake research into the commercial value of digital
> resources and producing an estimate of the revenue potential which can
> be generated.  She will then apply this experience to Ipswich Museums
> Service. Sally has been awarded £3,178 and starts the secondment
> between
> May and June.
> 
> Daniel Sandford, Natural History Conservation Assistant, Ipswich
> Museum,
> will be seconded to the Entomology Department, the Natural History
> Museum, London.  Daniel will assist with the re-display of the British
> Coleoptera collection and their cataloguing.  Daniel has been awarded
> £2,100 and will start at the Natural History Museum in May. 
> 
> Sherry Doyal, Conservator, Exeter City Museums & Art Gallery, will be
> seconded to Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery to undertake remedial
> storage
> work and local in-situ conservation of the internationally important
> bark cloth collections at Maidstone Museum.  Sherry will be assisted
> in
> this process by conservation students on placement.  Sherry has been
> awarded £3,632 and starts in October.
> 
>       The Sharing Museum Skills Millennium Awards scheme draws upon
> the experience and skills of national and non-national museums and
> their
> staff throughout the UK.  It provides benefits to both parties and
> helps
> develop links between the UK's museums and galleries.  The next
> deadline
> for applications is 10 May 1999, with quarterly deadlines until the
> conclusion of the scheme in May 2001.  Grants will normally be in the
> region of £2,000-£4,000.  They are available to cover travel and
> subsistence costs, additional equipment or materials, and a
> contribution
> towards the employment of temporary staff during the secondee's
> absence.
> A partnership contribution of at least 20 per cent of the grant
> requested will be required for each application.  This will normally
> be
> in the form of in-kind support by the host museum. 
> 
> More information about the Sharing Museum Skills Millennium Awards can
> be found on the internet at www.smsma.org.uk or contact the Millennium
> Awards Administrator, Annie Hollobone on 0171 233 4200.  The MGC's new
> website can be found at www.museums.gov.uk where the current object of
> the week has been chosen by tv presenter Zoe Ball.
> 
> The Sharing Museum Skills Millennium Awards Scheme is funded by the
> Millennium Commission, which awarded a grant of £1.1 million to a
> consortium comprising: The Museums & Galleries Commission; the Museums
> Association; the Association of Independent Museums; the Committee of
> Area Museum Councils and the National Museum Directors' Conference.
> The
> Millennium Commission is one of the six good causes supported by the
> National Lottery.
> 
> *COMPASS is the British Museum's public multimedia system for the
> Millennium.  Specially prepared to appeal to a wide public, it will
> give
> access to records for 5,000 objects, and related 'Encyclopaedia'
> information. It will be accessible through 60+ on-site terminals, and
> the Web. COMPASS will demonstrate just what can be done with the
> latest
> technologies, and highlights the effort needed to create suitable
> content for public use.
> 
> Annie Hollobone
> Millennium Awards Administrator
> Sharing Museum Skills
> 16 Queen Anne's Gate
> London SW1H 9AA
> 
> e-mail:[log in to unmask]
> Tel: 0171-233 4200
> Fax: 0171-233 3686
> 
> Web: www.smsma.org.uk
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