Show Time: Designing Great Exhibitions

Show Time: Designing Great Exhibitions

Official name: Show Time: Designing Great Exhibitions
Organizer: Museums Association
Dates: 10 March 2027
Times: 10:30–16:30 (registration from 09:00)
Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, United Kingdom
Official page: https://www.museumsassociation.org/events/show-time-designing-great-exhibitions/
Contact: events@museumsassociation.org

About the event

Join curators, designers, collections teams and architects at this annual Museums Association conference celebrating and exploring the best in exhibition design. The programme showcases new galleries, museums and temporary exhibitions that demonstrate good practice in design principles; champions inclusivity, sustainability and participatory practice; and includes presentations and discussions with museum staff and designers from major capital redevelopments.

The day includes refreshments and a vegetarian/vegan lunch. A full programme will be available in due course.

Who it is for

Anyone involved in creating permanent or temporary displays and exhibitions. Speakers are drawn from across the UK and internationally.

Fees (official site)

• Concessionary Member: £84
• Freelance and Consultant Member: £94
• Member (Essential, Full, Institutional and Commercial): £111

Inclusive places

The Members Support Fund provides five free places for individual members facing barriers due to ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, and gender identity or sexual orientation (LGBTQ). Inclusive Place application deadline: 12 noon on 10 February 2027.

Verification (2026-10-03 Asia/Shanghai)

Official Museums Association event page lists 10 March 2027 at Wellcome Collection, London. Relative to 2026-10-03 these dates are FUTURE. CMS previously held past dates 2026-07-02; replaced with the next published edition.