Museums Computer Group
@ukmcg.bsky.social
The MCG is for technologists, curators, educators, marketers and more in and around museums #musetech
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
"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
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
....We love a stat! Here's a few of the numbers behind this booking system #MuseTech25
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
....We love a stat! Here's a few of the numbers behind this booking system #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"
#Tech25 Download the Manifetso white paper to read much more
"Curating Connection: Transforming visitor engagement in the cultural sector"
manifesto.co.uk/curating-con...
"Curating Connection: Transforming visitor engagement in the cultural sector"
manifesto.co.uk/curating-con...
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#Tech25 Download the Manifetso white paper to read much more
"Curating Connection: Transforming visitor engagement in the cultural sector"
manifesto.co.uk/curating-con...
"Curating Connection: Transforming visitor engagement in the cultural sector"
manifesto.co.uk/curating-con...
#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
#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.
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.
Callum Brogan, Digital Producer (AI & Crowdsourcing), Imperial War Museum will be joining us at #MuseTech25 with a talk about re-imagining accessibility to collections with the help of AI
Tickets for the one day event at The ThinkTank in Birmingham 5 Dec
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
Tickets for the one day event at The ThinkTank in Birmingham 5 Dec
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
October 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Callum Brogan, Digital Producer (AI & Crowdsourcing), Imperial War Museum will be joining us at #MuseTech25 with a talk about re-imagining accessibility to collections with the help of AI
Tickets for the one day event at The ThinkTank in Birmingham 5 Dec
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
Tickets for the one day event at The ThinkTank in Birmingham 5 Dec
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
Why do projects fail? @ashliparmann.bsky.social joins us at #Musetech25 for the talk 'Beyond the Promise: what digital failures reveal about the cultural sector’s readiness for change'.
Buy tickets and see the conference programme on our website: museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
Buy tickets and see the conference programme on our website: museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
September 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Why do projects fail? @ashliparmann.bsky.social joins us at #Musetech25 for the talk 'Beyond the Promise: what digital failures reveal about the cultural sector’s readiness for change'.
Buy tickets and see the conference programme on our website: museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
Buy tickets and see the conference programme on our website: museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
At #MuseTech25 Graeme Ellis from Science Museum Group and Katie Moffat from Substrakt will be speaking about empowering audiences, easing operations:
How the Science Museum transformed group bookings across five museums
🎟️ museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
How the Science Museum transformed group bookings across five museums
🎟️ museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
September 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
At #MuseTech25 Graeme Ellis from Science Museum Group and Katie Moffat from Substrakt will be speaking about empowering audiences, easing operations:
How the Science Museum transformed group bookings across five museums
🎟️ museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
How the Science Museum transformed group bookings across five museums
🎟️ museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
It's 12 weeks until #MuseTech25 and we'd like to say a huge thank you to our hosts Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum.
Buy tickets and see the conference programme on our website
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
Buy tickets and see the conference programme on our website
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
September 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It's 12 weeks until #MuseTech25 and we'd like to say a huge thank you to our hosts Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum.
Buy tickets and see the conference programme on our website
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
Buy tickets and see the conference programme on our website
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
#MuseTech25 Keynote: FOMO is not a strategy!
Rachel Coldicutt OBE, Executive Director of Careful Industries, will explore practical methods for combining curiosity with inventiveness while putting people and planet first.
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social
Rachel Coldicutt OBE, Executive Director of Careful Industries, will explore practical methods for combining curiosity with inventiveness while putting people and planet first.
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#MuseTech25 Keynote: FOMO is not a strategy!
Rachel Coldicutt OBE, Executive Director of Careful Industries, will explore practical methods for combining curiosity with inventiveness while putting people and planet first.
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social
Rachel Coldicutt OBE, Executive Director of Careful Industries, will explore practical methods for combining curiosity with inventiveness while putting people and planet first.
museumscomputergroup.org.uk/events/mcg-m...
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social
We'd like to say a big thank you our conference sponsors this year, Numiko and Manifesto.
We'd also like to say thank you to everyone who has bought an earlybird ticket to #MuseTech25 so far, there's only a very small amount remaining!
www.tickettailor.com/events/museu...
We'd also like to say thank you to everyone who has bought an earlybird ticket to #MuseTech25 so far, there's only a very small amount remaining!
www.tickettailor.com/events/museu...
September 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We'd like to say a big thank you our conference sponsors this year, Numiko and Manifesto.
We'd also like to say thank you to everyone who has bought an earlybird ticket to #MuseTech25 so far, there's only a very small amount remaining!
www.tickettailor.com/events/museu...
We'd also like to say thank you to everyone who has bought an earlybird ticket to #MuseTech25 so far, there's only a very small amount remaining!
www.tickettailor.com/events/museu...