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Members' Events
Exec. Committee
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About Us National Heritage offers a voice to visitors and acts as a facilitator between the provider and user, for better understanding and communication. All museum and gallery visitors are vital to the future of our heritage collections, whether the visitors come for education, culture or in the pursuit of leisure. Listening to their needs and facilitating a discussion process between user and provider offers a more integrated and sustainable way forward for better heritage collections acquisition, management and use.
Representing
We represent the roles of museums and galleries with emphasis on "Heritage Providers", staff and volunteers from small and medium sized museums and galleries in particular, who need:
Read more about how we represent museums.
Monitoring and Research
We monitor the performance of museums and galleries, drawing attention to their achievements and shortcomings from the points of view of visitors and other users.
We also undertake and commission research into museum and gallery topics.
Publications
We publish Museum News four times a year, cover price £3. It is a lively and often controversial publication, with distinguished contributors covering many museum and gallery topics, distributed free to all National Heritage members, museum and gallery directors and curators, related organisations and interested media.
Read more about Museum News where you can download the latest issue.
Events
National Heritage organises events for members, including private visits to major exhibitions, escorted tours to museums and galleries, as well as lectures, forums and seminars.
Read more about events for members.
Awards
National Heritage created the first Museum of the Year award scheme in 1973 and was instrumental in setting up its successor, the Gulbenkian Museum Prize, now the largest arts prize in the UK.
Read more about our awards.
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