The Social History Curators Group was formed to improve the status and provision of social history in museums and the standards of collections, research, display and interpretation.
What Does SHCG Do?
Organises an annual conference at which a current theme is considered in depth through papers, case studies, visits and workshops.
Publishes an annual journal, Social History in Museums, with papers on current research and new projects. It also includes reviews of new exhibitions and new writing in social history.
Produces SHCG News, a regular newsletter which includes short articles, reviews and training opportunities.
Provides affordable one or half day training seminars.
Campaigns on current issues which concern members at regional and national level.
How Does SHCG Function?
SHCG is a membership organisation, with an elected committee of 12 members and a written constitution.
Any member of SHCG is eligible to stand for the committee and elections take place at our AGM, held as part of the annual conference. All committee members work on a voluntary basis and usually undertake a particular role.
Constitution
SHCG has a written constitution which establishes how SHCG is run and funded, our main objectives and the make up of the committee.
Download a copy here (Word file).
Forward Plan
The SHCG committee work to a forward plan which sets out the developments and improvements that SHCG will aim to achieve over the next two years.
Download a copy of our current forward plan (Word file).
Committee
SHCG has an elected committee of 12 members. Find out who the current committee are on our Contact Us page.
Find out more about the committee by downloading their role descriptions here (Word files):
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