Oxford Aspire Explained

Oxford Aspire is a consortium of the Oxford University Museums^[1] and the Oxfordshire County Council Museums Service. It was established in April 2012 as one of the 16 Major Partner Museum services nationwide funded by Arts Council England^[2] when ACE took over funding for Museums from Museums Libraries and Archives (MLA).

The consortium includes the following museums:

• The Ashmolean Museum
• Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford
• Oxford University Museum of Natural History
• Pitt Rivers Museum
• The Oxfordshire Museum

As part of their activity Oxford ASPIRE runs a programme of knowledge sharing events for the sector around the themes of Fundraising and Philanthropy, Commercial Enterprise, Managing Museums and Digital.

In March 2015 ASPIRE will be running a new leadership programme for the sector called Oxford Cultural Leaders. This week-long residential for established and emerging cultural sector leaders will be delivered in partnership with the Saïd Business School.

External links

• Oxford Aspire

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oxford University Museums.
2. Web site: About ASPIRE | Oxford ASPIRE . Oxfordaspiremuseums.org . 2014-05-24.