International Training Programme: 2016–2017

The V&A is organising a series of week-long intensive courses that offer unique training opportunities for museum professionals from overseas to work with V&A colleagues and peers on specific aspects of museum practice.The courses are led by V&A experts and include both talks and hands-on workshops. Participants will be invited to share examples of projects from their institutions that they could develop during and after the course.

If you would like to discuss a course, your application or would like to request a brochure in another language (brochures currently available in Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish), please email us at InternationalTraining@vam.ac.uk

Creating Innovative Learning Programmes 4–8 July 2016 14–18 November 2016 Course Fee: £1,110 (excluding VAT)

This one week intensive course on museum learning and public programmes is a unique training opportunity for museum professionals from overseas who are interested in attracting and programming for a range of museum audiences from children, young people and schools, through in-depth courses for adults.

The Enterprising Museum 11–15 July 2016 Course Fee: £1,160 (excluding VAT)

All cultural organisations are increasingly being required to generate income and pay their way but how do museums, galleries, arts venues and heritage sites learn how to identify and monetise their assets? This course is aimed at anyone working in one of these industries who is seeking to improve and expand their knowledge of commerce and enterprise. Led by specialist staff from the V&A, it considers a selection of core topics - such as how to create products, set up shop, members’ organisations, ticketed programmes, and catering and events - that will complement and support the visitor experience, whilst also generating income.

Curating Fashion and Dress 21–25 November 2016 Course Fee: £1,110 (excluding VAT)

Spanning four centuries, the V&A’s Fashion collection is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. V&A fashion exhibitions have attracted millions of visitors enabling the Museum to develop an extraordinary wealth of expertise in the field of curating fashion and dress. This one week intensive course is a unique opportunity for museum professionals from overseas who are interested in harnessing the V&A’s extensive expertise to develop their own fashion and dress curation skills and enhance their collections.

For more details visit our website www.vam.ac.uk/international or please email internationaltraining@vam.ac.uk

Working with Contemporary Artists and Designers in Museums 19–21 July 2016 Course Fee: £750 (excluding VAT)

An increasing number of museums and historic sites are setting up residency programmes and/or commissioning artists and designers to create site-specific works, temporary interventions, educational projects and digital content. This course will examine different ways to work with contemporary artists, designers and performers, using practical case studies. You will investigate live and recent V&A projects to examine relationships between the museum and world class contemporary artists. The course will draw on a wide range of expertise including internal and external curators, and programme and project managers from the Departments of Design and Learning.