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Particular emphasis is given to documentation and records, physical care, loans & exhibition logistics and cultural sector legislation.

The UK Registrars Group (UKRG) strives to establish and promote standards of good professional practice through publications and seminars and to support national and international standards in relevant fields of work. The Group also seeks to provide avocacy and representations in relevant consultations and sectoral developments, where required by its membership. The Group is run by an elected committee; details of their roles are available on the publications page. We rely on our membership to ensure the dynamism of our organisation and we encourage ideas from all our members. Individual membership is open to all those involved in the care, management, interpretation and display of collections in museums, art galleries, heritage centres or any other similar organisations. In addition, corporate membership is available to those companies which supply services to the museum and gallery sector in general. For more information on how to become a member please visit: http://www.ukregistrarsgroup.org/join/

14/09/2026

⚠️DANGER! DANGER! High Voltage! UKRG October Event 2026

🎫Tickets for our forthcoming event exploring hazards in collections are available 14th September at 12 midday via Eventbrite.

The event will explore how we identify, assess and manage risks, and how we actually to protect collections and people.

🗓️Date: 22nd October 2026
🏛️Location: Natural History Museum
🕑Time: 1-5pm

For tickets, see link in bio. ☝️

10/09/2026

⏰There's still time to apply for the Norman Palmer Scholarship with The Institute of Art and Law.

This scholarship offers one UKRG member a funded place on the next Diploma in Law and Collections Management course to be held in person in London 19-23rd October 2026.

For more details and how to apply, see the link in the bio ☝️

23/04/2026

📢LAST CHANCE: UKRG Leeds

Come meet us in Leeds!

This is your friendly reminder to secure your spot for this year's Spring meet up, all about the building and spaces we inhabit. 🏠

We're gathering at the fantastic Royal Armouries in Leeds. It's a chance to step away from the database, leave the storeroom behind and chat with fellow UKRG members.

Yorkshire hospitality included 🫖

Tickets linked in the bio ☝️

Location: Royal Armouries
Date: Wednesday 29th April
Time: 1-5pm

13/02/2026

💐Watch this space for more details of our Spring Event...

Stay tuned for the UKRG newsletter, landing in inboxes next week!

28/09/2025

Have your say in the UKRG Committee Elections 2025-2027!

Following the recent call for nominations to join the UKRG committee for 2025-2027 there are four contested roles:

📋Membership Secretary
🗣️Communications Officer
🎉Events Officers
🕸️Website Officer

Check out the link in bio to read the candidate blurbs, voting guidelines and cast your vote via Microsoft Forms!

Voting will close at 11:59 pm on Thursday 2 October. All appointments will be confirmed at the UKRG AGM on Tuesday 7 October. As the Chair and Secretary positions each received only one nomination, these roles will not go to a membership vote and will be confirmed directly at the AGM.

27/08/2025

Join the UKRG Committee for 2025-2026! This year, we have the following roles available:

📣 Chair
✍ Secretary
🎉 Events Officers (x 2)
📋 Membership Secretary
📢 Communications Officer
🕸️ Web Officer

The UKRG is a brilliant forum for communication, co-operation and collaboration between registrars, collection managers, exhibition organisers and corporates in fields related to the work undertaken by registrars.

The Group is run by the committee, all dedicated volunteers. Being on the UKRG Committee is a rewarding, stimulating and an enjoyable experience where you can develop great networks, skills, knowledge and give something back to the sector. The Committee can not run without you! Each member of the committee plays an important part in shaping UKRG and continuing its success. Come and be part of that.

Each role has a job description. If you have questions or queries do not hesitate to get in contact with the current post holder, or the Chair, to have a chat!

Get your nominations in by midday 5th September to Sara Mittica ([email protected]). All candidates must submit their nomination, seconded by a Full Member, in writing to the Secretary.

For more details and the job descriptions, please click the link in bio!

16/04/2025

We look forward to welcoming you to our Spring 2025 event Future Proof: Our Collections, Our Work and Our Sector on Thursday 1st May at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow and online across the UK.

We are very excited to announce the full line up below:

📣 Emily Gould, Assistant Director, Institute of Art and Law of Art & Law
📣 Jane Freel, Curator (Engagement), Fife Cultural Trust (OnFife)
📣 Dr Elena Cooper, Senior Lecturer (School of Law) and Lizzie O’Neill, Digital Collections Manager ( The Hunterian), University of Glasgow
📣 Carissa Chew, Doctoral Researcher & Inclusive Metadata Consultant, The University of Edinburgh
📣 Jacob O’Sullivan, Museum Development Manager – Collections and Interpretation, .galleries.scotland Museums Galleries Scotland
📣 Kathy Richmond, Head of Collections & Applied Conservation, and Ross Irving, Collections Registrar, Historic Environment Scotland

In-person and online tickets are still available! Ticket sales close on Thursday 24th April. Please book your spot on Eventbrite to avoid disappointment.

For tickets, more details and the full agenda, please click the link in bio!

22/03/2025

We’re excited to announce our Spring event, taking place on Thursday 1st May!

The event will be organised in collaboration with and kindly hosted by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, at Kelvin Hall. The event will focus on how we can ensure our collections, our practice and our sector are fit for the future.

We will look at the challenges and opportunities created by NFTs and AI, how to use collections that may have been acquired with conditions attached, and how we preserve intangible heritage amongst a range of other topics.

Speakers will include:

📢 Dr Emily Gould, Institute of Art and Law
📢 Dr Elena Cooper, CREATe, University of Glasgow
📢 Jacob O’Sullivan, Museums Galleries Scotland

Further speakers and final agenda will be shared with the April E-Bulletin. We will also be live-streaming the event for those unable to attend in person.

For more details, click the link in bio 🔗

13/02/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended our winter 2025 event ‘Lending and Borrowing in a Climate Emergency’ in London at the Society of Antiquaries at Burlington House; at our Watch Party at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh; and online across the UK!

A big thank you to our speakers Elise Foster Vander Elst, David Chan, Elizabeth Norwood, Sian Tipler, Robert Hepburne-Scott, Claire Hallinan, and Becca Weir and Lauren Bower, and to the team at the Society of Antiquaries.

We’re excited to announce the upcoming dates of our UKRG Spring Event, and the date of our AGM - please check our latest e-bulletin for more details, and mark your calendars!

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