Health, Wealth and Happiness is a contemporary collecting and engagement project funded by a Covid-19 Museum Development Fund grant from Museums Galleries Scotland. The aims of the project are:
- to employ a Museum Assistant for 12 months
- to provide capacity and support to the Collections Team by acting as project co-ordinator
- to provide an entry level museum post as an opportunity in the Highlands for the postholder to gain valuable skills and experience that will help to establish a career in the sector
- to develop skills and experience of staff and volunteers whilst also improving collections knowledge and relevance
- to make new acquisitions for the museum collection, in particular relating to the pandemic but also other health issues and disabilities experienced by people across the region
- to promote collaboration with other teams, museums, networks and organisations
- to create an engagement programme exploring new activities and interpretation
- to increase digital engagement and enhance web content
- to proactively develop new audiences, with a focus on local communities across the region
- to raise the profile of the collections and the museum
- to produce an exhibition staged at IMAG, followed by two HLH sites in Thurso
- to purchase new exhibition equipment and interpretation aids that can be reused in future exhibitions and displays
- to undertake evaluation that will inform future projects, displays and activities
- to share our experiences and examples of good practice with the wider sector
