Course: Making the Most of… Your venue for filming
Date: 25th February 2015 Time: 10:30am-4:00pm
Venue: Carrs Lane Church Centre, Birmingham
Details: Can your heritage venue really raise income as a filming venue? This session takes you beyond the generalities, beyond Bargain Hunt and towards a new and potentially lucrative revenue stream. Whether you are an urban or rural site, already host filming projects or are still a little nervous, this largely practical day could be for you. The course will be delivered by Heritage4 Media, a specialist team of architectural experts with more than 20 years’ experience within the filming and broadcasting industries.
Booking: Follow this link to book a FREE place
Course: Techniques for Engaging Visitors
Date: 2nd March 2015 Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
Venue: Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove
Details: This great training session from Angelina Boden will help anyone working directly with visitors. As well as wanting to be informed and educated, visitors to museums are also looking for entertainment and fun. This training programme will develop the confidence and skills to bring the buildings to life through storytelling and demonstrations.
Booking: Click here to reserve your FREE place
Course: How to Research the 17-20th centuries
Date: 17th March 2015 Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
Venue: Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove
Details: This training session from Dr Maggie Andrews (Professor of Cultural History, University of Worcester) will show you how to research individual characters or types of characters through easily accessible materials. The day will focus on researching the history of everyday lives of the people in the past: where to find resources and how to interpret, interrogate and use these resources to build up a picture of ordinary lives in other eras. We will explore some of the pitfalls and there will be chance to work through a range of primary sources.
Booking: Follow this link to reserve your FREE place
Course: How to Wear and Care for Costume
Date: 25th March 2015 Time: 10:30am-4:00pm
Venue: Shugborough Estate, Stafford
Details: The day will begin with a session from historic costume maker Jo Badger who will show you how to correctly wear a selection of different costumes and care for your replica costume to ensure its long life. The second part of the day will give you the chance to see costumed interpretation in action as well as hearing from the staff at the established costumed interpretation site of the County Museum at Shugborough Hall.
Booking: Click here to book your FREE place
Course: Copyright from Naomi Korn
Date: 15th April 2015 Time: 9:30am-4:00pm
Venue: Almonry Heritage Centre, Evesham
Details: Naomi Korn, Britain’s leading copyright and rights expert, advisor to the cultural and heritage sectors, will be leading a copyright workshop. In this she will be helping attendees to develop the practical skills and knowledge they need to deal with copyright issues at their museum. This event is FREE and spaces are limited, so don’t miss out on this opportunity; usual prices run at £250 per delegate. Materials, lunch and refreshments will be provided – please advise of any dietary requirements. For more information about Naomi’s work, please visit www.naomikorn.com.
Booking: Please contact the Almonry directly to book your place by visiting http://www.almonryevesham.org/blog/
The Marches Network 
Dear Imogen
There are 8 places left on the ‘How to research the 17 – 20th centuries (when I looked a moment ago). Would you be interested – can you go? If so, please book yourself onto the course through the link. (But please do it quickly as they are book up!)
Unfortunately the Techniques for engaging visitors is booked up already.
Best wishes Sarah
Hi Sarah,
I’m not sure you meant to post this here or intended to email Imogen directly? There are still places remaining if you want to book a place.
Best wishes,
Becky.