RCMG Publications

As part of our role as a research centre, it is important that RCMG's research is made available to the widest possible audience.  You can find all our publications available here in PDF format, organised by date and starting with the most recent.

Alternative formats are available by request from RCMG, please contact RCMG@le.ac.uk for more information.

2013

• The Impact, Success and Significance of Mapping the Change (Hackney Museums and RCMG)
• Let's Talk Case Study: Change growth impact (BGCI and RCMG 2012)
• Evidencing the Impact of the Generic Learning Outcomes (Jo Graham, Learning Unlimited 2013)

2012

• Voices from the Museum: Qualitative Research Conducted in Europe's National Museums (EuNaMus, 2012)

2011

• Growing the Social Role: Partnerships in the Community (BGCI, 2011)

• An Evaluation of the MLA Their Past Your Future programme, 2008 - 2010
• Main report
• Appendices

2010

• Towards a new social purpose: redefining the role of botanic gardens (Summary, 2010)
• Redefining the role of Botanic Gardens - towards a new social purpose (Full report, 2010)

• sh[OUT]: An evaluation of the Social Justice Programme of the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (GoMA) 2009-2010 (2010)

2009

• Articulate: An evaluation of the National Gallery's Secondary School Literacy Project 2008-2009 (Summary, 2009)
• Articulate: An evaluation of the National Gallery's Secondary School Literacy Project 2008-2009 (Full report, 2009)

• Leaders in co-creation? Why and how museums could develop their co-creative practice with the public, building on ideas from the performing arts and other non-museum organisations (Louise Govier, Clore Leadership Fellow, 2009)

2008

• Rethinking Disability Representation in Museums and Galleries (2008)
• Rethinking Disability Representation in Museums and Galleries (Word version, 2008)

2007

• Engage, Learn, Achieve: The impact of museum visits on the attainment of secondary pupils in the East of England 2006-2007 (Full report, 2007)
• Engage, Learn, Achieve: The impact of museum visits on the attainment of secondary pupils in the East of England 2006-2007 (Summary, 2007)

• Inspiration, Identity, Learning: The Value of Museums, Second Study An evaluation of the DCMS/DCSF National/Regional Museum Partnership Programme in 2006-2007 (Summary, 2007)
• Inspiration, Identity, Learning: The Value of Museums, Second Study An evaluation of the DCMS/DCSF National/Regional Museum Partnership Programme in 2006-2007 (Full report, 2007)

• The Madonna of the Pinks: Evaluation of the Education and Community strategy for the Madonna of the Pinks (2007)
• Appendices

2006

• "In the past we would just be invisible": Research into the attitudes of disabled people to museums and heritage for Colchester Museums (2006)

• What did you learn at the museum today? Second Study. Evaluation of the outcomes and impact of learning through the implementation of the Education Programme Delivery Plan across nine Regional Hubs (Summary, 2006)
• What did you learn at the museum today? Second Study. Evaluation of the outcomes and impact of learning through the implementation of the Education Programme Delivery Plan across nine Regional Hubs (Full report, 2006)
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Appendices

2005

• Engaging archives with Inspiring Learning for All: A report prepared for MLA North West (2005)

2004

• Buried in the Footnotes: The representation of disabled people in museum and gallery collections (2004)

• Inspiration, Identity, Learning: The value of museums. Evaluation of the DCMS/DfES Strategic Commissioning 2003-2004 National/Regional Museum Education Partnerships (Summary, 2004)
• Inspiration, Identity, Learning: The value of museums. Evaluation of the DCMS/DfES Strategic Commissioning 2003-2004 National/Regional Museum Education Partnerships (Full report, 2004)
• Part 1
• Part 2

• What did you learn at the museum today? The evaluation of the impact of the Renaissance in the Regions Education Programme in the three Phase 1 Hubs (August, September and October 2003) (2004)

• Open Minds: Evaluation of the Harewood House Trust Heritage Lottery Fund Education Project (2004)

• Books Connect 2 (2004)

2003

• Measuring the Outcomes and Impact of Learning in Museums, Archives and Libraries: The Learning Impact Research Project End of Project Paper (2003)

2002

• A Catalyst for Change: The Social Impact of the Open Museum (2002)

• Learning Impact Research Project (LIRP)
• Hooper-Greenhill, E., Developing a scheme for finding evidence of the outcomes and impact of learning in museums, archives and libraries: the conceptual framework (2002)
• Moussouri, T., A context for the development of learning outcomes in museums, archives and libraries (2002)

• Learning through Culture, The DfES Museums and Galleries Education Programme: a guide to good practice (Summary, 2002)
• The Impact of the DfES Museums and Galleries Education Programme (Full report, 2002)

• Seeing the museum through the visitors’ eyes: an evaluation of the Education Challenge Fund (2002)

2001

• Making Meaning 1: Visitors' Interpretive Strategies at Wolverhampton Art Gallery (2001)
• Making Meaning in Art Museums 2: Visitors’ Interpretive Strategies at Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery (2001)

• Not for the Likes of You: A Resource for Practitioners (2001)

• Evaluating Creativity: The evaluation of the ten gallery education projects of Encompass 2000 (2001)

• Including Museums: Perspectives on museums, galleries and social inclusion (2001)

2000

• Museums and Social Inclusion: The GLLAM Report (2000)