A ground-breaking and thought-provoking exhibition which looks at the migration of children from Britain to the other side of the world opens on Friday at Merseyside Maritime Museum… Read more

Advisor talks to Dan Boys, Audio Trails’ Creative Director about pioneering digital visitor guides… Read more

Box discovered in attic reveals fascinating social and military history… Read more

Up to 40,000 people took part in 130 events as part of the inaugural Fun Palaces event across the UK at the weekend in a celebration of engagement in art and science… Read more

The Victorian Society has revealed its annual Top Ten Most Endangered Victorian and Edwardian Buildings in England and Wales 2014… Read more

Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (HCPT), with partners Worcestershire County Council and Museums Worcestershire have been awarded the money to preserve the historic Castle… Read more

The Old Furnace is to be recognised as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution with prestigious award… Read more

International Slavery Museum receives Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant to develop its collections… Read more

More than 125 Fun Palaces will spring up across the country tomorrow and Sunday featuring a fun forest, mermaids and a plethora of theatre-related events as part of a mass celebration of art and science. Read more

Gaye Blake-Roberts, director of the Wedgwood museum, has told Museums + Heritage Advisor how she and her team were shocked at the speed at which the collection was saved… Read more

With some of the UK’s most iconic museums looking to refurbish and modernise, the problem of how to safely move and store priceless artefacts during renovation is becoming a strategic challenge. Read more

Levy Restaurants UK is a leading catering service for the leisure sector and has worked with a variety of museums and heritage attractions creating bespoke food offerings to enhance the visitors’ experience. Here Jonathan Davidson, Levy Restaurants’ Business Director, talks… Read more

The finest of the four surviving original Magna Carta documents will have a new permanent display at Salisbury Cathedral from February 2015 with the help of a £415,800 award from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Read more

For many years the powerbase of the Prince Bishops of Durham, who safe-guarded the North of England against the marauding Scots, Auckland Castle in County Durham is now the focus of ambitious plans which place it at the centre of… Read more

James Robinson is a Heritage Photographer at The Centre for Heritage Imaging and Collection Care, based in the magnificent John Rylands Library in Manchester. Here they specialize in digitisation and collection care of all manner of heritage collections, both within… Read more

Peter Latchford OBE is Chief Executive of Black Radley Consultancy and Visiting Professor of Enterprise at Birmingham City University. Here he tells Advisor why creating an environment in which enterprise can flourish is key for museums adapting to financial climate… Read more

The recent refurbishment of the OUMNH provided the perfect opportunity to carry out a major relighting project using a revolutionary bespoke lighting design. Richard Francis, of Monard Electrical talks to Advisor. Read more

Sam Withers gives us an insight into her role as Project Designer at Mather & Co. Read more

With the launch today of the £10m Resilience Fund, Arts Council England continues its strategy of encouraging museums to become adaptable, sustainable businesses that are resilient in the face of ongoing financial cuts. Read more

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced the expansion and rebranding of Bloomberg Connects (formerly known as the Digital Engagement Initiative) which provides funding for the development of technology to increase access to cultural institutions and enhance visitor experiences. Read more