Oxford Aspire

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: 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.