Scottish Museums Federation Conference 2022

Focus on the Workforce: Health & Wellness in Heritage

Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries Monday 16 May 2022, 09:30 - 16:30

£15 members, £30 non-members, £5 digital access only

Presentation @ 11:30am

They Might Be Giants- After the Fire  

A conversation about creating an environment for success- building in resilience- developing a workforce for the future that is diverse has freedom of self with leadership running right through the organisation- with the aim of maximising the benefit of The Scottish Crannog Centres Work. 

Speaker’s Bio

Mike Benson, Managing Director, Scottish Crannog Centre 

Mike Benson is the Managing Director of the Scottish Crannog Centre. Mike has a strong background of having led struggling museums through transformations driven by a keen sense of social justice, resulting in thriving and healthy organisations. Mike has previously delivered this successful model at Bede’s World Anglo-Saxon Museum and Ryedale Folk Museum and has implemented it at the Scottish Crannog Centre over the past three years. Mike also as interim Director led a governance review at The National Coal Mining Museum For England. Previously to working in the museum sector Mike worked in the steelworks in Middlesbrough for 28 years.