探花直播 of Cambridge museums are among those highlighted as examples of best practice in a new report focusing on the outstanding contributions made by the 探花直播 Museums Group UK.

Here in Cambridge we are lucky in having many exceptional 探花直播 museums, each of which contribute to the academic, social and community work of the 探花直播

Liz Hide

This publication, launched at the recent Museums Association Conference in Liverpool, celebrates the growing success of university museums as part of the UK higher education sector, showing the unique benefits these collections deliver to the Higher Education, and wider cultural, sector.

探花直播report recognises that large, high-profile museums such as the are the 鈥渕ajor cultural provider[s] in their areas鈥, while also highlighting the contributions of smaller and specialist museums such as the six 鈥榚mbedded鈥 探花直播 of Cambridge museums, attached to different Departments, including the , the and the .听

探花直播 museums make a unique contribution to the public profile of universities across the UK; they hold 30% of nationally-significant collections but constitute only 4% of England and Wales鈥 museums.听 探花直播 探花直播 of Cambridge Museums (UCM) encompasses five of these nationally significant (鈥榙esignated鈥) collections, one of the largest clusters outside of London.听

Last year, more than 100 UK university museums hosted four million public visits to 200 exhibitions and 3,500 public events.

Liz Hide, 探花直播 of Cambridge Museums Officer, said: 鈥淗ere in Cambridge we are lucky in having many exceptional 探花直播 museums, each of which contribute to the academic, social and community work of the 探花直播.听 This report also celebrates the important leadership role they play in the wider museums sector.鈥

探花直播report, Impact and Engagement, recognises the important role that 探花直播 Museums play in supporting and delivering research, as well as inspiring students and enhancing their learning.听 For example, the Fitzwilliam Museum, working with the Faculty of Education, has enabled object-based learning to be embedded in Primary PCGE courses, and in English, Religious Studies and Modern Foreign Languages in secondary education. In 2013, museum staff ran sessions that were attended by more than 200 Cambridge PGCE students.

探花直播 Museums also contribute substantially to widening participation, often being the first contact that children and young people have with Higher Education Institutions. 探花直播UCM鈥檚 own Children and Young People鈥檚 and Widening Participation Officer, jointly funded through the 探花直播鈥檚 Widening Participation fund, is quoted as an example of good practice in the report.

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