Sharing skills and knowledge National Museums share skills and
knowledge about collections and museum practice with colleagues
in museums, galleries, heritage organisations and higher
education institutions across the UK. This forms an important
part of their engagement with UK partners. The sharing of skills
and knowledge can be achieved through specific projects and
programmes, by co-ordinating groups of UK experts, via
structured training programmes, by focusing on particular
objects or through the development of long-term partnerships. It
may also be done online. In 2011, NMDC commissioned a survey of
its members to establish how members share knowledge and skills.
This survey informed future NMDC-facilitated activity and a
summary of this is available here. NMDC is part of the Sharing
Expertise Group and this has received funding from the Esmee
Fairburn Foundation to consider how better to share knowledge
and skills across the museum sector. To find out more about NMDC
members' sharing skills and knowled