Learn more about what is happening in the sector including projects, partnerships and updates on our upcoming Corporate Plan.

The 2026 NI Museums Council Forum returns in September and will offer delegates the chance to hear what is happening in the sector, including projects and partnerships. The Forum will provide opportunities to network with colleagues and the chance to see which museums received their Accreditation Awards in 2026

Your views will be sought during round table discussions to help shape future projects which focus on digitisation of collections and the use of digital technologies to promote access to collections. This will be followed by presentations from member museums spotlighting their NIMC grant funded projects..

This event will be photographed.

Speakers

Heather McGuicken, NIMC - What We Have Done, and What We Plan To Do.

Simon Morton, DfC - Museum Policy

Kelly McGloin, Volunteer Co-Ordinator - Empowering Communities Through Volunteering at Armagh Observatory & Planetarium

Rachele Crawford, Whitehead Railway Museum - All Aboard: Improving Inclusive Access at Whitehead Railway Museum’ and ‘Safeguarding the Past: Enhancing Care and Public Access to Historic Railway Collections’.

Lucy MacIver & Margaret Lee, Tower Museum - Stitched - The Shirt Factory Quilt Project

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