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Knowledge is Key: Using academic research at Discovery Museum Museums Association Conference 5 October 2010

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Members of staff from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums attended the annual Museums Association Conference in Manchester in October 2010. Hazel Edwards (Manager, Discovery Museum) presented a paper entitled Knowledge is Key: Using Academic Research at Discovery Museum, which discussed a successful collaboration between Discovery Museum and Durham University.

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Knowledge is Key:

Using academic research at

Discovery MuseumMuseums Association Conference

5 October 2010

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4 Stakeholder groups1.Visitors & non-visitors

2. External experts & specialists

3. Stakeholders & funders

4. Staff & volunteers

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How did the partnership work?

• Contractual model

• Long term partnership

• Collaborative

• Feedback to Steering Group

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Benefits & legacy

• Body of research

• Contacts for the future

• Consultation model

• Facilitation & diagramming skills

• Undergraduate research

• Collaborative PhD

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Challenges

• Museum can’t abrogate responsibility for research

• University staff are the museum’s ambassadors

• Cost!

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Dear Chief Secretary,

I’m afraid to tell you there’s no

money left!

Yours, Liam

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Thank you for listening

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