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AIM NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2019 How to be a great destination National Civil War Centre, Newark 20–22 June 2019 #2019AIM @Aimuseums
Don’t wait,
Save today! There has never been a better time for independent
Early Bird Booking
museums to be a ‘great destination’ with research
closes 29th April
late last year by Trip Advisor showing a growing
Same prices desire for cultural experiences and bookings for
as 2018!
cultural attractions rising sharply, with a
45% increase in 2018 compared to 2017.
AIM National Conference 2019 will offer to meet and mingle with fellow delegates,
delegates fresh ideas on developing a speakers, AIM suppliers and exhibitors.
successful destination. It will look at creative
Our exciting schedule of social events includes
place making, becoming a great destination
dinner at the elegant Thoresby Riding Hall,
for your community, understanding your
a relaxed Friday night social event at the
audiences, tips for creating an excellent
historic Newark Castle plus a Saturday study
visitor experience and case studies on how
tour with visits to The National Holocaust
to attract groups to your museum and
Centre and Museum and Creswell Crags.
making your shop or café into a desirable
destination amongst many more. To help more AIM members attend
conference, we have fixed our prices so
The conference will also highlight the latest
that they are the same as 2018. We can
updates in charity finance and law from
also offer AIM Training Grants to help cover
the Charity Finance Group and Farrer & Co,
your conference costs and you can apply for
plus we will be exploring how AIM members
our special Early Bird members discount until
are using the ‘Open Up: Museums for
29 April 2019, but don’t delay – apply today!
everyone’ resources to boost and diversify
their visitor and volunteer numbers. To All conference information will be
help your museum get ahead, there will be continually updated on the AIM website
practical advice and useful case studies at www.aim-museums.co.uk and you can
from AIM Hallmarks funded projects. book online in just a few clicks. The AIM
staff team and Trustees look forward
AIM Conference always provides an ideal
to welcoming you in Newark for what
occasion for networking and sharing ideas
promises to be a friendly and informative
with colleagues from across the sector
AIM National Conference 2019.
and there will be plenty of opportunities
Book online at Image credit, cover & inside cover:
www.aim-museums.co.uk The National Civil War Centre
Speakers Topics
Our schedule of Conference speakers Conference will cover:
and events will be continuously updated in the –– Creating a great destination –– Great destinations for communities
–– How to develop attractive –– Small museums: transforming your
coming months. Please check the AIM website at packages for group bookings destination with a capital development
www.aim-museums.co.uk for all updates. –– Understanding your audiences –– Open Up Museums: are you widening the
–– Becoming a digitally confident museum - diversity of your visitors and your workforce?
an update from the One by One project –– HLF: Introducing the new
–– Becoming a five-star attraction strategic framework
–– Positive partnerships –– Mapping museums: findings on the
Inspirational speakers confirmed for 2019 include: independent sector 1960-2019
Richard Evans Helen Bonser-Wilton Professor Ross Parry
AIM Chair Chief Executive, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor Look out for
Mary Rose (Digital) Leicester University –– We’re a great destination because... –– Industrial Heritage networking lunch
Emma Chaplin –– Walking tours of Newark – “Behind the –– First time conference delegates lunch
Director, AIM Carl Bell Quonya Huff scenes on a costumed town tour”
Director, The Whitaker Commercial and Audience
Development Manager,
Iain Standen
National Mining Museum
CEO, Bletchley Park Becki Morris
Scotland Trust
Museum Disability
Cooperative Network
Caron Bradshaw
Chief Executive,
Zara Matthews
Market Towns
Charity Finance Group Charlotte Smith
Museums Manager,
Head of Discovery and
Leicestershire County Council
Learning, Chester Zoo
Julian Smith
Partner, Farrer & Co
Lynn Podmore Paul Baker
Director, Creswell
Conwy MDO
Kath Lynch Heritage Trust
Director of Heritage,
Port Sunlight Village Trust Dawn Lancaster
Llandudno Museum
Bryan Snelling
Chief Executive, Gordon
Charlotte Morgan Highlanders Museum
Museums Manager, Suryiah Evans
Cynon Valley Museum Penmaenmawr
Museum
Professor Fiona Candlin
Birkbeck College,
Fiona Talbott University of London
Head of Museums Sejul Malde
Libraries Archives, Research Manager,
Heritage Lottery Fund Culture 24
Social Events Conference Information
Please visit www.aim-museums.co.uk for the conference
Hotels Privacy
schedule, timings and all conference information Details of hotels near the conference Delegates are asked to provide their
venue are available on the AIM website. email address and other information on
We strongly advise early booking due booking which will be shared on our hard
to the limited hotels in the area. copy delegate list at conference. If you
would prefer not to be included on the
AIM Dinner – Thursday 20 June
Travel delegate list, you can opt out during the
Join us for a three-course dinner
AIM will provide coaches to and booking process. To see AIM’s Privacy Policy,
with wine at the historic Thoresby
Courtyard. Built in 1864, the from the conference hotels. Please please visit www.aim-museums.co.uk
Grade II* listed courtyard and riding see www.aim-museums.co.uk
hall provides a unique setting for for full information. Newark is based in Bursaries
dinner and drinks. Enjoy networking the county of Nottinghamshire, in the Grant applications to attend Conference
opportunities over canapés and arrival East Midlands of England. It is easily via the AIM Training Grants Scheme must
drinks and explore the artisan shops accessible, and all forms of travel are be received no later than 30 April 2019.
before dinner and our guest speakers. available: road, train, bus and the
nearest airport is East Midlands Airport Refund Policy
Evening Social – Friday 21 June (approximately 32 miles travel time by car). No refunds will be given after the 21 May
For 2019, we are taking delegates although you can still substitute a different
There are two train stations: Newark
back in time for an exclusive evening delegate to attend. A handling fee of £5
Northgate and Newark Castle. Both
at the historic Newark Castle. Relax in will be made on refunds and a handling fee
are located within walking distance
style and enjoy a delicious hog roast of £5 will be made on all amendments.
or vegetarian and vegan options plus of the conference venue.
arrival drinks. The castle will be open
for AIM delegates only, and you can Parking
explore the formal gardens bordered by Parking for those with limited ability
the remaining walls of Newark Castle only is available with prior notice in the
First time at
which was partly destroyed in 1646 NCWC car park. There are 4 disabled
AIM Conference?
at the end of the English Civil War. bays that can be made available for the
conference. For more general parking If you are attending
Study Tour – Saturday 22 June information, please visit the conference AIM National Conference for
The tour will begin at The National pages at www.aim-museums.co.uk the first time, please let us know!
Holocaust Centre and Museum. You We have a ‘First Time Delegates’
can explore the museum before visiting Booking Information lunch with AIM Trustees available for
the Memorial Gardens set in an acre of The Early Bird booking for AIM the first time this year plus we can
beautifully landscaped countryside that members closes 29 April 2019. give you other useful information
provide an important counterpoint to to help you settle into your
Bookings are best made through the
the historical museum. Coaches will then first conference with us.
AIM website where you can find links to
depart for the spectacular limestone our Eventbrite booking pages, or can be
gorge and caves at Creswell Crags on the
made using the form in this brochure.
Derbyshire/ Nottinghamshire border with
lunch served in their treetop café. Explore
the exhibits and take part in a cave tour!
Booking form To book online please visit www.aim-museums.co.uk
AIM Charity number: 1082215
Tickets
Thursday 20 June 2019 – Conference Day 1 Rate (£) No. Total (£)
AIM Member Early Bird Rate (until 29 April 2019) 80
AIM member 100
Non-Member 125
AIM Annual Dinner 75
Friday 21 June 2019 – Conference Day 2 Rate (£) No. Total (£)
AIM Member Early Bird Rate (until 29 April 2019) 80
AIM member 100
Non-Member 125
Friday Night Social Event 37
Saturday 22 June 2019 – Conference Day 3 Rate (£) No. Total (£)
AIM Study Tour (Lunch included) 35
Day 1 and 2 Member Tickets Rate (£) No. Total (£)
Day 1 and 2 Early Bird Rate 155
Day 1 and 2 Standard Rate 195
All in one Rate (£) No. Total (£)
(Days 1 & 2, dinner, social event and study tour)
AIM Member Early Bird Rate 302
AIM Member 342
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