Category: News
Museum Advocacy Day gets underway in US with cultural organisations lobbying Congress
Organised by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Museum Advocacy Day (22-23 February) will see advocates present Congress with powerful research and stories on the economic, educational and community impact museums make locally and nationally. AAM has… Read more
The Art Fund – bridging the gap between art, artists, museums and museum professionals – Q&A with Stephen Deuchar
What new initiatives and projects will the Art Fund be working on in 2016? One of our brand new projects for 2016 is the Moving Image Fund, which helps regional museums collect, present and conserve artists’ film and… Read more
What is the future of museums? – Derby Museums host its first Future Museums Week
Derby Museums are to launch their first Future Museums Week to explore the topic through a series of talks, demonstrations and a symposium. Kicking of this evening, Jonathan Wallis, Head of Museums at Derby Museums will be hosting Museum… Read more
Wordsworth Museum to be transformed with £4.75m HLF grant for poet’s 250th birthday
The Wordsworth Trust, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, has secured support for a £4.75m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to transform the Wordsworth story in Grasmere within the heart of the Lake District. Read more
Record number of entries for M+H Awards – now it’s over to the judges
A bumper stack of entries arrived at the Museum + Heritage offices on Monday with entries from across the country and internationally packing the postie’s sack The awards, now in their 13th year, are continuing to generate public recognition for… Read more
Arts Council England announces three galleries as new national partners to its collection
The three galleries Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Birmingham Museums Trust and The Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool will host 24 exhibitions over three years, becoming national partners for the Collection,… Read more
National Trust launches design competition for Capability Brown’s Croome Court
Croome Court is an 18th mansion designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, whose 300th anniversary celebrations take place in the summer, with some of the interior by Robert Adam. It represented Capability Brown’s first landscape design and his… Read more
V&A to create world’s leading collection on the art of photography
The V&A is planning to create the world’s most extensive collection on the art of photography by relocating more than 400,000 objects from SMG’s three-million-strong photography collection, held at the National… Read more
One of the world’s oldest Qurans exhibited at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
The new gallery provides a unique insight into many of the faith groups that make up Birmingham’s diverse communities, exploring their traditions, beliefs and customs in an accessible and welcoming environment. Each of the six largest… Read more
Shakespeare’s home to be transformed into major new heritage landmark in Stratford-upon-Avon
In July 2016 the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust will open a fresh chapter in the story of William Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon with the transformation of the historic New Place site, which was home to Shakespeare and his family for 19 years during… Read more
Scotland’s first non-graduate museum trainees complete milestone Heritage Horizons programme
Since January 2015 the MGS Heritage Horizons trainees have worked alongside professionals in museums and galleries across Scotland – from Orkney and Lewis and from Dundee to the Borders – to learn a wide range of core… Read more