The University of Exeter’s exciting collaboration with Exeter’s Royal Albert Museum is helping to ensure the museum’s incredible collections are available for use by everyone. The partnership between the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) and the GLAM-E Lab at the University of Exeter, will help spread awareness of incredible artworks and ensure the public can use them for free and without permissions.

The GLAM-E Lab is a joint initiative between the University of Exeter and the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU Law School. Experts are developing policies and toolkits for cultural institutions on open collections. They provide legal counsel to cultural institutions and organisations as they develop their open access programs. The solutions created are then integrated into model policies, terms of service and guidance that can be used by other organisations.

The RAAM is only the 9th UK cultural institution to adopt open access for all digital collections, which will allow people around the world to make new cultural discoveries and raise the museum’s profile. This project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the University of Exeter’s AHRC Impact Accelerator Account.