Museums Computer Group
@ukmcg.bsky.social
The MCG is for technologists, curators, educators, marketers and more in and around museums #musetech
That's a wrap on #MuseTech25. Thanks very much to our sponsors Bloomberg, Manifesto and Numiko, to Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum for hosting us and to everyone who joined us in person or online
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
That's a wrap on #MuseTech25. Thanks very much to our sponsors Bloomberg, Manifesto and Numiko, to Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum for hosting us and to everyone who joined us in person or online
The final #MuseTech25 session is a live version of the MCG's email discussion list, chaired by Russell Stearman. Q&A topics range from alternatives to Cloudflare/AWS to predicting the role of the website for museums in the future.
Join our email list here museumscomputergroup.org.uk/join/mcg-com...
Join our email list here museumscomputergroup.org.uk/join/mcg-com...
December 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The final #MuseTech25 session is a live version of the MCG's email discussion list, chaired by Russell Stearman. Q&A topics range from alternatives to Cloudflare/AWS to predicting the role of the website for museums in the future.
Join our email list here museumscomputergroup.org.uk/join/mcg-com...
Join our email list here museumscomputergroup.org.uk/join/mcg-com...
Life after X: @joevaughan.net from @themerl.bsky.social on absolute units and leaving Elon Musk's Twitter for a new home in Bluesky #MuseTech25
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Life after X: @joevaughan.net from @themerl.bsky.social on absolute units and leaving Elon Musk's Twitter for a new home in Bluesky #MuseTech25
Our final session kicks off with a sponsor talk from Cheryl Kwok of Bloomberg @bloomberglp.bsky.social on how museums can make themselves more accessible and discoverable #MuseTech25
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Our final session kicks off with a sponsor talk from Cheryl Kwok of Bloomberg @bloomberglp.bsky.social on how museums can make themselves more accessible and discoverable #MuseTech25
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"I moved on from the museum sector in 2012 because nobody wanted to do the things I wanted to do and it made me sad" #musetech25
December 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"I moved on from the museum sector in 2012 because nobody wanted to do the things I wanted to do and it made me sad" #musetech25
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First time I've seen Aaron mentioned at a museum conference. #MuseTech25
December 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
First time I've seen Aaron mentioned at a museum conference. #MuseTech25
"Digital Goldilocks" is the BEST term we've heard all year!
Thanks Rachel Coldicutt we're all off to change our job titles this afternoon #MuseTech25
Thanks Rachel Coldicutt we're all off to change our job titles this afternoon #MuseTech25
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Digital Goldilocks" is the BEST term we've heard all year!
Thanks Rachel Coldicutt we're all off to change our job titles this afternoon #MuseTech25
Thanks Rachel Coldicutt we're all off to change our job titles this afternoon #MuseTech25
"Who are the technologies you are building, buying, adopting really benefitting?" #MuseTech25
Our keynote speaker this year is Rachel Coldicutt OBE
It would be impossible to fit her impressive CV into a single post! #MuseTech25
It would be impossible to fit her impressive CV into a single post! #MuseTech25
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"Who are the technologies you are building, buying, adopting really benefitting?" #MuseTech25
Our keynote speaker this year is Rachel Coldicutt OBE
It would be impossible to fit her impressive CV into a single post! #MuseTech25
It would be impossible to fit her impressive CV into a single post! #MuseTech25
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Our keynote speaker this year is Rachel Coldicutt OBE
It would be impossible to fit her impressive CV into a single post! #MuseTech25
It would be impossible to fit her impressive CV into a single post! #MuseTech25
#MuseTech25 We're now joined remotely by Josephine Chanter, Deputy Director from the Design Museum speaking about a digital roadmap.
December 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#MuseTech25 We're now joined remotely by Josephine Chanter, Deputy Director from the Design Museum speaking about a digital roadmap.
"Acknowledge failure as part of learning, not a source of shame" A great take-away from Ash Mann's talk just now at #MuseTech25
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"Acknowledge failure as part of learning, not a source of shame" A great take-away from Ash Mann's talk just now at #MuseTech25
How many of our followers sadly can relate to this slide?? #MuseTech25
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
How many of our followers sadly can relate to this slide?? #MuseTech25
"A hidden epidemic of failure"
Ash Mann speaks openly about 'Beyond the promise' and how we can learn from failures.
"Digital failure is rarely technical it's organisational" #MuseTech25
Ash Mann speaks openly about 'Beyond the promise' and how we can learn from failures.
"Digital failure is rarely technical it's organisational" #MuseTech25
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"A hidden epidemic of failure"
Ash Mann speaks openly about 'Beyond the promise' and how we can learn from failures.
"Digital failure is rarely technical it's organisational" #MuseTech25
Ash Mann speaks openly about 'Beyond the promise' and how we can learn from failures.
"Digital failure is rarely technical it's organisational" #MuseTech25
Our next talk is all about accessibility with Alison Bean from the British Museum
"Users expect their own section or page"
"Visitors won't feel represented if their specific disability or condition is not listed" #MuseTech25
"Users expect their own section or page"
"Visitors won't feel represented if their specific disability or condition is not listed" #MuseTech25
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Our next talk is all about accessibility with Alison Bean from the British Museum
"Users expect their own section or page"
"Visitors won't feel represented if their specific disability or condition is not listed" #MuseTech25
"Users expect their own section or page"
"Visitors won't feel represented if their specific disability or condition is not listed" #MuseTech25
#MuseTech25 Next up is Stephanie Clark, Head of Strategic Services, Substrakt and Graeme Ellis, Head of CRM, Science Museum Group
A great insight into how the Science Museum transformed group bookings across five museums.
"This was as much an internal project as it was a technical one"
A great insight into how the Science Museum transformed group bookings across five museums.
"This was as much an internal project as it was a technical one"
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#MuseTech25 Next up is Stephanie Clark, Head of Strategic Services, Substrakt and Graeme Ellis, Head of CRM, Science Museum Group
A great insight into how the Science Museum transformed group bookings across five museums.
"This was as much an internal project as it was a technical one"
A great insight into how the Science Museum transformed group bookings across five museums.
"This was as much an internal project as it was a technical one"
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*waves* at @ukmcg.bsky.social #MuseTech25 folk from #FF2025 - it'd be lovely to see more museum presentations at #FF2026 - and the #DH2026 call for proposals is still open dh2026.adho.org/cfp/ - the conference is in Korea but remote presentations are possible! #MuseTech #AI4LAM #DigitalHumanities
CFP – DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submissions for its annual conference, DH2026, to be held in Daejeon, South Korea, from July 27 to 31, 2026.
dh2026.adho.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
*waves* at @ukmcg.bsky.social #MuseTech25 folk from #FF2025 - it'd be lovely to see more museum presentations at #FF2026 - and the #DH2026 call for proposals is still open dh2026.adho.org/cfp/ - the conference is in Korea but remote presentations are possible! #MuseTech #AI4LAM #DigitalHumanities
#MuseTech25 Our first sponsor talk is Lou Barton from Manifetso.
"The core truth: ambition blocked by fragmentation"
Museums need to look at what moments matter, in terms of the digital experience
"Define an experiment framework to clarify what staff can test without permission"
"The core truth: ambition blocked by fragmentation"
Museums need to look at what moments matter, in terms of the digital experience
"Define an experiment framework to clarify what staff can test without permission"
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
#MuseTech25 Our first sponsor talk is Lou Barton from Manifetso.
"The core truth: ambition blocked by fragmentation"
Museums need to look at what moments matter, in terms of the digital experience
"Define an experiment framework to clarify what staff can test without permission"
"The core truth: ambition blocked by fragmentation"
Museums need to look at what moments matter, in terms of the digital experience
"Define an experiment framework to clarify what staff can test without permission"
#MuseTech25 is now underway! Join in the conversation through the day 😊
Our chairman @alec-c-ward.bsky.social from The Audience Agency is currently introducing our one day conference
Our chairman @alec-c-ward.bsky.social from The Audience Agency is currently introducing our one day conference
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
#MuseTech25 is now underway! Join in the conversation through the day 😊
Our chairman @alec-c-ward.bsky.social from The Audience Agency is currently introducing our one day conference
Our chairman @alec-c-ward.bsky.social from The Audience Agency is currently introducing our one day conference
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I'm speaking at this today - about your friend and mine, @themerl.bsky.social Bluesky
#MuseTech25 is this Friday! For those who can't make it to Birmingham we have a £30 livestream option.
See the full programme and book your tickets:
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
See the full programme and book your tickets:
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I'm speaking at this today - about your friend and mine, @themerl.bsky.social Bluesky
#MuseTech25 is this Friday! For those who can't make it to Birmingham we have a £30 livestream option.
See the full programme and book your tickets:
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
See the full programme and book your tickets:
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#MuseTech25 is this Friday! For those who can't make it to Birmingham we have a £30 livestream option.
See the full programme and book your tickets:
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
See the full programme and book your tickets:
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
#MuseTech25 talk announcement: ‘Life after X: How Twitter’s favourite museum left Twitter’
Joe Vaughan, Marketing Manager at @themerl.bsky.social joins us to talk post-Twitter digital strategy
Learn more and buy tickets at museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
Joe Vaughan, Marketing Manager at @themerl.bsky.social joins us to talk post-Twitter digital strategy
Learn more and buy tickets at museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#MuseTech25 talk announcement: ‘Life after X: How Twitter’s favourite museum left Twitter’
Joe Vaughan, Marketing Manager at @themerl.bsky.social joins us to talk post-Twitter digital strategy
Learn more and buy tickets at museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
Joe Vaughan, Marketing Manager at @themerl.bsky.social joins us to talk post-Twitter digital strategy
Learn more and buy tickets at museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
Will you be joining us at The ThinkTank on 5th December for #MuseTech25 ?
Lucy Hinnie from Wikimedia UK will be speaking about developing tools for Open Culture
The last remaining tickets, including a livestream option are available via our website.
Lucy Hinnie from Wikimedia UK will be speaking about developing tools for Open Culture
The last remaining tickets, including a livestream option are available via our website.
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Will you be joining us at The ThinkTank on 5th December for #MuseTech25 ?
Lucy Hinnie from Wikimedia UK will be speaking about developing tools for Open Culture
The last remaining tickets, including a livestream option are available via our website.
Lucy Hinnie from Wikimedia UK will be speaking about developing tools for Open Culture
The last remaining tickets, including a livestream option are available via our website.
Can't make it to #MuseTech25 Seize The Tech at the ThinkTank next month?
We now have a livestream option, for £30 you can join us virtually on the 5th December. Buy your ticket and see the programme on our website
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
We now have a livestream option, for £30 you can join us virtually on the 5th December. Buy your ticket and see the programme on our website
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
MCG Museums+Tech 2025 — Seize the Tech! - Museums Computer Group
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November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Can't make it to #MuseTech25 Seize The Tech at the ThinkTank next month?
We now have a livestream option, for £30 you can join us virtually on the 5th December. Buy your ticket and see the programme on our website
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
We now have a livestream option, for £30 you can join us virtually on the 5th December. Buy your ticket and see the programme on our website
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
We're just catching up on all the #Museum30 posts! As we're a month away from #MuseTech25 we're #sharing the link to our website where you can see a full conference programme and buy tickets.
'Seize The Tech' Fri 5 Dec at The ThinkTank in Birmingham
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
'Seize The Tech' Fri 5 Dec at The ThinkTank in Birmingham
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
MCG Museums+Tech 2025 — Seize the Tech! - Museums Computer Group
museumscomputergroup.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We're just catching up on all the #Museum30 posts! As we're a month away from #MuseTech25 we're #sharing the link to our website where you can see a full conference programme and buy tickets.
'Seize The Tech' Fri 5 Dec at The ThinkTank in Birmingham
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
'Seize The Tech' Fri 5 Dec at The ThinkTank in Birmingham
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
We'd like to say a massive thank you to our #Musetech25 sponsors Bloomberg Connects.
Explore over 1,000 museums, sculpture parks, cultural spaces, and more on Bloomberg Connects! Learn about the free-to-use guide platform at our one day conference on 5 December at The ThinkTank in Birmingham.
Explore over 1,000 museums, sculpture parks, cultural spaces, and more on Bloomberg Connects! Learn about the free-to-use guide platform at our one day conference on 5 December at The ThinkTank in Birmingham.
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We'd like to say a massive thank you to our #Musetech25 sponsors Bloomberg Connects.
Explore over 1,000 museums, sculpture parks, cultural spaces, and more on Bloomberg Connects! Learn about the free-to-use guide platform at our one day conference on 5 December at The ThinkTank in Birmingham.
Explore over 1,000 museums, sculpture parks, cultural spaces, and more on Bloomberg Connects! Learn about the free-to-use guide platform at our one day conference on 5 December at The ThinkTank in Birmingham.