Category: News

Tempting visitors to spend

Whatever the evidence may be of a burgeoning recovery on the high street, happy days are certainly here again in the heritage industries. Monica Lucas, founder, Pragma Consulting, looks at how museums are tempting visitors to spend in both catering… Read more

REMIX Academy Summit – From Idea to Reality

A few years ago we teamed up with Google, Bloomberg and The Guardian to create the REMIX Summit for Culture, Technology and Entrepreneurship. At the time we could see that a fascinating movement of cultural entrepreneurship was emerging - people… Read more

Museums transcending disciplinary boundaries

Interdisciplinary research and engaging with wider audiences are key to the new Oxford University initiative TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. TORCH’s Humanitas Visiting Professorship Programme is one of the ways in which this is done through… Read more

Progress at the Foundling Museum

The 10th anniversary of the Foundling Museum sees an exhibition featuring four reinterpretations of the Rakes Progress, alongside original Hogarth prints from 1735. Read more

Listen and Tell

Kathryn Box, Marketing Officer at Manchester Museum, explores the museum‘s all-important communication channels. Read more

Sustainability in the Museum sector

Environmentally friendly practices are crucial to the museums and heritage sector and museums increasingly need to model green behavior and sustainability, from recycling to managing energy use. Patricia Mandeville of Cynergin and Declan Rajasingham of the Natural History Museum encourage… Read more

And the winners are….

The winners of the Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2014 have been announced, with visitor attractions from across the UK being recognised for their remarkable achievements. Read more

New Culture Diary launches

Launched last week, The Culture Diary promises to be an invaluable tool for organisers and promoters of UK cultural events, across all art forms. Read more