This article comments on the new report The Future of Civic Museums: A Think Piece, published by the English Civic Museums Network (ECMN), which calls on heritage organizations to support citizens and communities in becoming empowered, effective place-makers.
“ECMN’s report is a critical, sector-focused intervention which outlines practical steps for how a focus on place and heritage can help tackle local social and economic challenges.”
Civic museums are the local institutions dotted in cities, towns and villages across the country that focus on the relationship between their place and its people. Without the global prestige of national museums or specialist collections, for many they may evoke memories of rainy school holidays, or beautiful but dilapidated buildings which councils and volunteers struggle to maintain and keep open.
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