Museum Association – Museums for the Future – Consultation Questions (2005)
http://museumsassociation.org/publications/11297
 Imagine that you and your team have been asked to answer these questions.
1. What strategies would you propose?
2. Come up with 1 or 2 specific examples of how you could implement these strategies.
You can use past, present or future examples as well as hypothetical ones.
3. [time permitting] Plan a 3 minute pitch to share your ideas and example(s) with the
class.
5. Q1: How should museums develop and utilise their collections to serve the concerns and
interests of the whole population most effectively? Should this include releasing parts of
their collections to others, including outside the museum?
6. Q2: How can the sector ensure that the opportunities offered by ICT, electronic access
and digitisation are fully utilised for the benefit of users and to reach out to non-users.
7. Q3: How can museums strengthen their commitment to education as a core and strategic
priority within the overall commitment to collections and users?
8. Q4: How can a stronger research culture be built and sustained, as well as quality
measured across the museum sector? What role should Government play?
and
Q5: How could stronger links be created between the Higher and Further Education sectors
and museums?
9. Q6: How can the sector achieve the right balance of pre-and post-entry training to build
skills for the range of their workforce?
10. Q7: What initiatives and targets would increase mobility, training and career progression
for all types of museum professionals?
11. Q8: What must be done to secure a better representation of currently underrepresented groups in the museum workforce and in the sector's governance?
12. Q9: Would structural changes better support museums and provide effective means of
ensuring a national strategy for museums?
13. Q10: How best do we combine more coherent and efficient delivery of museum services
with a service that is responsive to the needs of local communities and users?
14. Q11: How can partnerships within the museum sector and with other sectors be better
embedded?
15. Q12: What systems or methods should be used to assess quality and success in the
museums sector?
16. Q13: What could happen to make international strategic alliances possible between
museums?