The Museums and Galleries Lifelong Learning Initiative (MGLI) MGLI was £500,000 invested in 11 lifelong learning projects in museums and galleries from 2000 to 2003. We created and managed the programme; the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) invested the money; museums, galleries and learners produced the results. Five years after MGLI was created, we revisited some of the learners, the museums and their partners to see whether the projects had any lasting effects. We found things like, as a result of MGLI: 46 people had gone on to further learning 12 had gone on to employment 7 projects were nominated for awards nationally (and 4 won) about half the partner organisations were still working with their museums Other numbers made MGLI stand out too, like the cost-per-head of just £25 but, in the end, we realised the numbers weren’t the real story. That was about people like Kacey, from a young people’s refuge in Bedford, who took an interest in photography and, through MGLI, turned it into her own business. She has now exhibited at Tate Modern, (after which the Prince of Wales asked to meet her), set up her own website and has written a book about her experience of drug misuse. MGLI was about all the things that we think so much education needs to rediscover: passion; emotion; curiosity; inspiration; and creativity. It wasn’t about learning in black and white, it was about learning in full colour You can find the full story from 2000-2005 in the three publications we produced as part of the programme: What Did We Learn? (PDF) The Museums and Galleries Lifelong Learning Initiative (MGLI) 2000-2002 What Did We Learn This Time? (PDF) The Museums and Galleries Lifelong Learning Initiative (MGLI) 2002-2003 Where Are They Now? (PDF) The Impact of the Museums and Galleries Lifelong Learning Initiative (MGLI)