Information for members
Formed in 1991, our aim is to increase public awareness about the work of our members across the capital, promoting their collections, events and public engagement activities, as well as providing a support network for members to promote professional development, best practice and foster collaborative working. Individually we are a diverse group in size and scope, however by working together we have enabled all members to raise their profiles.
Collaborations and governance issues, general queries | When the next meeting is, adding agenda items, general queries | Problems with the website, trouble logging in | Advice on paying membership fees | Adding your organisations' events and news to the socials | Adding items to the newsletter |
LMoHM is about broadening the reach of any one organisation, fostering collaboration, and creating a community. Amongst the benefits are:
We use JISCmail to keep in contact with members' representatives, as well as for members to communicate with each other.
So subscribe, send an email request to [email protected] with a subscribe "command" - which needs to be formatted as described below: Replace Firstname Lastname with your first and last name.
SUBSCRIBE LMHM Firstname Lastname
Then follow the instructions via email to complete subscription.
Members of the organisation contribute an annual fee of £50 to the group which pays a proportion of costs towards the maintenance of the website, production of a marketing leaflet, running of two annual meetings and contribution of costs to other planned events. There are four categories of membership: Full, Provisional, Associate and Honorary.
| Full membership is open to institutions within the London region that have collections in the field of health and medicine available to the public which are accredited to recognised museum or archive standards. Member institutions will each have one vote. |
| Provisional membership is offered to institutions within the London region that have collections in the field of health and medicine, that are not yet accredited but which demonstrate a commitment to actively working towards recognised museum or archive standards. Provisional membership will be reviewed on a regular basis by an executive committee comprising the elected officers in consultation with the Full Members with a view to conversion from Provisional to Full Member status at the earliest opportunity. Provisional Members are entitled to attend general and ordinary meetings and to participate fully in group discussions and in social and continuing professional development activities. They can expect the support of Full Members towards achieving the standards, which will allow them to become Full Members. Provisional Members will not have voting rights. |
| Associate Membership is an option open to individuals and institutions ineligible for Full or Provisional membership but have a complementary interest in the aims of the group. Annual associate membership fee is £25. Associate members will not have voting rights. |
| Honorary Membership may be conferred with discretion to individuals deemed to have made outstanding personal contributions to the aims of the London Museums of Health and Medicine. Such election requires the assent of not less than two thirds of the Full Members and will be tenable for periods of three years but may be renewable. |
If you’d like to join the network, please download the application form and return it to the Chair or Secretary. You will then be invited to present information about your organisation at one of our annual meetings, after which a member's voting in process will be held.
Applications to join should be submitted at least 28 days in advance of the next meeting.
The LMoHM is governed by a Constitution and operated by a committee elected by members (each museum sends representatives to meetings and gets one vote per museum), serving a term of up to three years.
Records from LMoHM's foundation to 1994 are held at the Wellcome Collection. Archived versions of the website from 2001 to present can be viewed via archive.org. LMoHM is not responsible for content on external websites, links are provided for members' reference.
Meet the LMoHM Committee for 2025
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Membership to the committee is open to any staff of member organisations. Committee roles are voluntary and the time commitment may vary from 4-10 hours per month, this depends on how much you can commit and what the committee is working on. If you are interested in applying for a position on the committee, please submit a short letter of interest for the role you are interested in, focusing on what you would bring to the role on the committee. Please send this to [email protected]
