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Good evening #MuseumHour Tonight we'll be discussing advocacy in museums, who does it and why. Are you joining us in 10 minutes?

Let's start by asking Q1: What does advocacy in museums look like ? #MuseumHour

Q2:What need is there to advocate for museums? #MuseumHour

MuseumHour Enabling agency for the communities we serve

Q3: Who can advocate for museums? #MuseumHour

MuseumHour Trade Unions (e.g. PCS Culture Group) advocate for museums staff (fair pay and good working conditions). They are the ones that curate, educate, welcome, clean, protect etc. museums

Q4: How can I advocate for my museum? #MuseumHour

Anyone can advocate for museums. #MuseumHour

Q5: #MuseumHour Share some of your favourite examples of museum advocacy work.

A1 GEM conference this year is themed around the value of learning - sharing examples of how we can advocate for museum learning both internally and externally - will be exploring the question of what museum advocacy looks like for museum learning 😀

#MuseumHour Finally, tell us one thing you're going to do moving forward, to advocate for museums.

MuseumHour Work with young people and schools to open up what jobs are available in museums and galleries and the skills / routes in to work in them #MuseumHour #MuseumCareers

MuseumHour A2. Museums need to advocate to survive - funding & cost of living. Years ago a regional Museum was likely to close & the local community were outraged. A number of people were interviewed for local news and it turned out they had never been but it was their Museum! #MuseumHour

👋 Hello #MuseumHour We’re looking for guests to join us for Instagram live discussions on our new platform Museum Extra! Relaunching later this year. Would you be interested? Make sure you’re following our Instagram: instagram.com/museumhour and drop us a message.

Thank you so much for your lovely messages about #MuseumExtra over on Instagram. We have our first few potential interviewees now, but we’re still looking for people to share project in December and early 2026. #MuseumHour