Hello - you’ll be able to find me at @mkatelinsey.bsky.social as we see how that goes

Huge congratulations to this year’s Sandford Award Winners!

What happens when a bunch of museum & heritage learning peeps get together & they visit a load of venues? My timeline becomes filled with photos of either interpretation/exhibition panels & displays or fab dressing up models (aka sector colleagues). I’m here for both 😀

And a final reflection about how generous every GEM member is, being open to sharing challenges, successes, & everything in between. Thank you 9/9

1st thoughts are around our role as custiodians and centring the community, engagement & learning is the way forward (this is the reaffirming part). I’m sure more will come out in the coming days 8/9

@DavidOlusoga’s keynote was inspiring, thought provoking, optimistic, realistic, reaffirming, challenging … in equal measures. I’m looking forward to the recording being shared so I can relisten & consolidate my thoughts. 7/9

Providing a voice, rebuilding trust and de-centering Coulson to tell a wider story through transparency, honesty, small steps & continuing the conversation is so important. Thank you to Lisa & Jane @mshedbristol for sharing the process, challenges & successes 6/9

It’s very difficult for practitioners to always have access to current research & academic research, this conference felt to me a good balance between practice sharing, making valuable experiences & theoretical understanding. I hope that this continues 5/9

An holistic idea of well-being & what that means for valuable museum experience is so true. having a way to identify what this means & how to measure it is so useful. I’m still thinking about how to frame this within/despite the UK’s current thoughts around wellbeing 4/9

John Falk’s key note raised the idea of user experience & needs as the centre to understanding value 3/9

GEM is kind & supportive .. the buzz, the sharing, the support .. and by GEM I mean the people that make it. There is never enough time to catch up with everyone & thank you to everyone that I did manage to say hi to 2/9

Finally home after an amazing 3 days at @gem_heritage conference. I’m still reflecting on & digesting so much of the amazing content. Some initial reflections 1/9

So much to ruminate on from day 1 of the @gem_heritage #GEMConference2024 with some great takeaways from the keynote speakers, member presentations and the buzz of conversations. So lovely to see old friends & make new ones as well.

Well that was a fun tube journey this morning 🤦🏻‍♀️ gotta love malfunctioning trains & lack of phone signal.

The last few months have been difficult on a personal level. I'm starting to take small positive steps forward including moving into a brand new small office & moving back to the Amersham area. Big Changes, Small Steps

so I've put my request in via askmyGP to get an appointment. I wonder how long it will be to get a response?

So today the end of the year art show was being mounted at @WAESonline. This painting took my breath away - so poignant and breathtakingly inspiring.

Fab few days @BCLivingMuseum for the @Aimuseums conference. Lots of food for thought, good friends & colleagues plus the new development is fantastic (with many things on display from my childhood that brought back memories & sparked conversations). Thank you to all.

What’s the theatre or concert hall’s equivalent to @gem_heritage & @engagevisualart? I’m supporting some apprentices & I’d love to signpost them to the best supportive networks for learning & participation with these art forms

This am my uncle died, aged 89. We didn’t always see eye to eye, in fact we rarely did. He was, however, always there for me when I needed him the most. May he rest in peace.