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The Campaign for Museums has announced the dates for Museums Week 1999 - Saturday 15 May to Sunday 23 May.
Museums Week 1998 has been the biggest and most successful Museums Week yet with nearly 1,000 museums participating throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Plans for next year’s event are already underway and the Campaign for Museums hopes even more museums will take part in the week long activities. Themes for 1999 will include Food and Treasures, specifically linked to the Millennium (further information can be found on the Millennium Treasures page of the website), further themes will be announced later in the year. If you have any suggestions of Themes for National Animal Welfare Trust 1999 please let us know.
The Museums Week website will continue to provide information on museums and their exhibitions throughout the year (so information from Museums would be appreciated).
If you would like more information or have any comments about the site please click here. Or you can discuss any ideas with Ylva French and Vicky Jackson, from the Campaign for Museums, at the Museums Association Conference in Portsmouth on the 22 and 24 September.
The 24 Hour Museum, a joint project between the Campaign for Museums and the Museums Documentation Association, the vision of which is to provide round the clock access to the collections and knowledge of Britain's museums and galleries. Reaching audiences who don't take advantage of museums for a variety of cultural, economic or physical reasons. The 24 Hour Museum means museums for everyone. More information will be available later in the year.
Museums Week is organised by the Campaign for Museums which was setup in 1995. The Campaign for Museums advocates the virtues and value of museums and galleries throughout the UK. Its aims are increasing visits, broadening public support and raising the profile of museums with the media and opinion-formers.
The following organisations support the Campaign for Museums and assist in organising Museums Week:
Museums & Galleries Commission
Museums Association
Association of Independant Museums
National Museum Directors
Area Museums Council
British Association of Friends of Museums
National Art Collections Fund
Ylva French Communications
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