Category: News
Wales’ National Museums install defibrillators
Life-saving defibrillators have been installed at all seven of Wales’ National Museums to safeguard both the staff and the 1.6 million people (on average) who visit each year… Read more
Museums + Heritage Awards 2015 shortlist announced
The Museums + Heritage Awards 2015 shortlist includes a selection of the most innovative and impressive organisations… Read more
IN FOCUS: 3D Printing – re-making the museum
The use of 3D printers by museums has become more common recently with improvements in technology, lower prices and innovative ways to use them both curatorially and entrepreneurially… Read more
CASE STUDY: Museofabber – Printing history
Museofabber is partnering with museums in order to publish and distribute digital reconstructions of artefacts as 3D-printable educational content… Read more
CASE STUDY: The Centre for Computing History – Using a 3D printer as a working exhibit
The Centre for Computing History was established in 2007 as a pioneering educational charity to tell the story of the information age and six months ago purchased its first 3D printer… Read more
CASE STUDY: Derby Museums – Providing hands on 3D-printing experience to visitors
Using 3D printers has become a regular feature at Derby Museums with public workshops, an international event and exhibitions… Read more
CASE STUDY: Loughborough University – Restoring Beijing’s Palace Museum with 3D printing
Following groundbreaking work with museums in China, Loughborough University Design School is using the latest 3D digital technologies to develop commercial services for museums… Read more
Fashion on the Ration: 1940s Street Style at IWM
To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1945, IWM London launches a major new exhibition Fashion on the Ration, exploring how fashion survived and even flourished during wartime… Read more
ACE announces latest grants for touring programmes
Arts Council England has announced the successful applicants to the latest round of its Strategic touring programme with 18 organisations receiving a total of £3,971,175… Read more
Corporate club launched to raise money for new £7m Being Brunel museum
Being Brunel is a major redevelopment at the home of ss Great Britain to create a new museum that will bring to life the story of the great engineer… Read more
The Main Event – How museums can maximise income from their unique venues
With the challenges of budget and funding cuts (The Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s funding for national museums will have been cut by 30 per cent in real terms since 2010 to 2015 with higher percentage cuts in many… Read more
Arts Council England announces successful Museum Resilience Fund organisations
M+H Advisor talks to Arts Council England (ACE) director of museums John Orna Ornstein on the Museum Resilience Fund and how the new grants will improve the sector… Read more
Culture Secretary outlines new era for England’s heritage
The two successor bodies to English Heritage have set out their plans for the years ahead… Read more
Gruesome but scientific – the Wellcome Collection’s Forensics: the anatomy of crime exhibition
Following a £17.5million development, Wellcome Collection opens a major exhibition today (26 February) exploring the history, science and art of forensic medicine… Read more
The Olympic Games: Behind the Screen a new exhibition at The Olympic Museum
Broadcasting coverage of the most watched sporting event in the world is the subject of a new exhibition at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland… Read more
Drawn by light: the Royal Photographic Society Collection to open in March
The exhibition at the National Media Museum, Bradford will explore 200 years of photography… Read more
From Stone Age man to Red Rum – Between Land and Sea explores 10,000 years of Sefton’s Coast
The Atkinson in Southport has launched a new permanent exhibition, which explores the rich and varied history of the Sefton area… Read more
Museums Galleries Scotland launches first ever non-graduate traineeship programme
The programme provides the opportunity for 20 non-graduates from a range of backgrounds to take part in a one-year paid traineeship with host museums and galleries throughout Scotland… Read more
Museums + Heritage Show announces extensive programme of free talks and one-to-one expert advIce
With just over two months to go until Museums + Heritage Show 2015, the organisers of the UK’s most comprehensive event for the cultural sector has announced its most ambitious programme yet… Read more
National landscape discovery centre a step closer thanks to £7.8m HLF grant
Situated in the heart of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site in Northumberland National Park, the Sill will become the country’s first national landscape discovery centre… Read more