Museums and Galleries Month, the UK’s largest celebration of museums and galleries, was officially launched on the evening of April 30 by Culture Minister Margaret Hodge at a celebratory event at London Transport Museum.
Museums and Galleries Month is organised by The Campaign for Museums,
a registered charity, with support from Museums Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) through its Renaissance programme and Arts Council England.
MGM 2008 is making the most of the exciting opportunities offered by new media and social networking. A dedicated Museums and Galleries Month group is now up and running on Facebook.
Find out what's going on in a museum or gallery or a specific date by searching our database, which we share with the 24 Hour Museum. To find MGM events, enter the dates - May 1 to May 31.
Frustrated curators can now set up their own museum! Now live on the 24 Hour Museum, Museum of Me features contributions from Antony Gormley, Margaret Hodge MP, Minister for Culture, and Wayne Hemingway. Museum of Me also invites members of the public to take part.
The TopLots auction, benefitting museums and galleries, goes live on eBay from 15 May to 15 June. Why not visit www.toplots.co.uk now to browse the range of lots and register an interest?
