When I'm not doing museum stuff I try and spend as much time out and about in the Wiltshire countryside as I can. It's a county stacked full of amazing history, much of which is visible right in front of your eyes: from iron age hill-forts to neolithic long barrows, ancient trackways to white horses … Continue reading Stop Lines

Exciting times for the volunteers at Chard Museum, who this weekend (Sat 30th April) will be celebrating their new status as owners of their museum. After much work, planning and fundraising ownership of the site has passed from South Somerset District Council to the Chard & District Museum CIO. A big milestone but very much … Continue reading Congratulations Chard Museum

I've been working with Modes software for as long as I can remember and do plenty of work with my clients helping them get the best out of their systems. The Modes Users Association (MUA) is the not for profit organisation that develops, licences and supports Modes. It is overseen by a board of Non-Executive … Continue reading Modes Users Association needs you

Bridport Museum have just opened a new exhibition as part of The Right Stuff project. As you may recall from previous posts , this ongoing project is looking deeply (and sometimes from unusual angles!) at what the museum holds and why. Asking lots of people in lots of ways what sort of stories Bridport Museum … Continue reading Curator vs Chaos

Despite the best efforts of a certain global pandemic, lots has been going on with the AIM History Makers projects over the last few months. We've had exhibition openings and new grants announced. The bulk of my work on the scheme is in the early stages. Working with potential applicants to help them shape up … Continue reading History Makers

Six years into life as Tim Burge Museum Services, I thought it was about time my website had a bit of a refresh. Step in Jo and Leeann at Callia Web who have given my old site a spruce up. I was going for more evolution than revolution, and have stayed within the confines of … Continue reading Website refresh

A quick round up of what's been going on at some of the museums I'm working with: Lowewood Museum in Broxbourne reopened last month, for the first time as an independent charity. A huge amount of work has been put in by the volunteers to get the doors open, supported by a team of consultants … Continue reading Openings and Activities

Really excited that The Right Stuff? exhibition has opened at Bridport Museum. This exhibition/activity invites visitors to explore some of the collections conundrums we face everyday in museums. Do we need another sewing machine? How relevant is this item? Have we got space? Does the collection really reflect the lives and stories of our communities? … Continue reading The Right Stuff?

Trowbridge Museum entrance Almost 6 years ago to the day back in May 2015 I remember sitting down with Clare at Trowbridge Museum to start shaping up what was to become 'Onwards and Upwards', their multi-million pound Heritage Fund supported redevelopment and expansion. We had lots of large sheets of paper, lots of post-it-notes and … Continue reading Trowbridge Museum – Reopening

As we return to shops and book haircuts, museums have to wait a little longer until later in May to reopen. For Athelstan Museum Malmesbury this will be doubly significant, as reopening will also be the first chance to see their newly purchased Turner watercolour on show, in  a fully redesigned display area. This will … Continue reading Turner in Malmesbury – unveiling