Knowledge is Key:

Using academic research at

Discovery MuseumMuseums Association Conference

5 October 2010

4 Stakeholder groups1.Visitors & non-visitors

2. External experts & specialists

3. Stakeholders & funders

4. Staff & volunteers

How did the partnership work?

• Contractual model

• Long term partnership

• Collaborative

• Feedback to Steering Group

Benefits & legacy

• Body of research

• Contacts for the future

• Consultation model

• Facilitation & diagramming skills

• Undergraduate research

• Collaborative PhD

Challenges

• Museum can’t abrogate responsibility for research

• University staff are the museum’s ambassadors

• Cost!

Dear Chief Secretary,

I’m afraid to tell you there’s no

money left!

Yours, Liam

Thank you for listening

hazel.edwards@twmuseums.org.uk