And the shortlisted projects today are in the Customer Service category. This award celebrates and rewards volunteers and staff. It’s not the size of an organisation that determines the customer experience but the attitude and commitment of those who work… Read more

Today’s shortlisted projects are all vying for the “Project on a Limited Budget” award, sponsored by Sweett Group, at this year’s Museum + Heritage Awards for Excellence. This award “recognises excellence in the creation of a successful project or exhibition,… Read more

Today we’re looking at the shortlisted projects in the Innovations category. This award focuses on connecting people with objects/collections. Entrants needed to demonstrate how technology (web, apps, a/v, multimedia, digital, etc) has been effectively used to interpret objects and to… Read more

Today’s shortlisted projects are those for the Educational Initiative Award. Entrants for this category had to demonstrate how they have inspired the participants involved, creating a legacy befitting of the unique educational potential of museums and heritage/cultural visitor attractions. This… Read more

With the Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2014 ceremony not far away, we thought we’d give you a run down of the shortlisted projects in each category. Today’s focus is on the Marketing Campaign award. Entrants had to demonstrate… Read more

Jaime DeSimone, Exhibition Projects Coordinator at the PEM in Salem, Mass, tells Advisor about this popular exhibit and describes the challenges involved in its installation. Read more

The National Trust for Scotland preserves a collection of monuments on the summit of a hill, near Stirling. They commemorate the thousands of soldiers – the servicemen of their day – who lost their lives at the Battle of Bannockburn. Read more

In the first of a series of articles looking at working life across the Museums and Heritage sector, Fran Lashmar, Education Manager South East, English Heritage gives us an insight into her role. Read more

Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is announcing funding of £30m towards 10 projects that reflect the diversity of the UK’s heritage. They include a far-reaching project to help protect the future of our seriously dwindling bee population, two projects… Read more

Managing copyright in museum collections is a fascinating challenge. Whether dealing with the museum’s own copyright, or that belonging to an artist or their estate, copyright managers perform a constant balancing act between access and protection. Bernard Horrocks, Intellectual Property… Read more

As the public seeks ever more authentic and real, personal experiences of heritage in our leisure time, the gauntlet is thrown down to the interpretive designer and client to meet the demand. English Heritage and PLB have been exploring this… Read more

A new memorial centre to commemorate the sacrifices made by those involved in Scotland’s coal mining industry is shortlisted for two design awards. The project, completed by Purcell’s Edinburgh studio, is in the running for a Royal Incorporation of Architects… Read more

For collections management to be to the highest standard possible, all we need to do is understand our collections. Often this is not as easy as it sounds, as many curators look after an extremely diverse range of collections. Jan… Read more

Moving objects is one of the core functions of Collections Management and a key responsibility for anyone with responsibility for cultural collections. Freda Matassa, of Matassa Toffolo, explains more. Read more

A major project to relocate Chichester Museum in the South of England is now complete. The strategy for the new location is to make the displays as flexible as possible so that exhibitions can be changed frequently, giving local people… Read more

It’s no secret that museums, galleries and all other kinds of heritage sites are having to deal with budget cuts. At Guide ID we speak to hundreds of sites every year, all of which are very different. Some are National… Read more

The Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition is staged in four galleries at Durham University’s Palace Green Library within the UNESCO World Heritage Site next to Durham Cathedral. The exhibition displays the 1300 year old Lindisfarne Gospels, created in the North East and… Read more

Usborne Publishing, one of the largest and most successful children’s publishers in the UK, has been been named both Independent Children’s Publisher of the Year and Independent Publisher of the Year 2014 at the recent UK Independent Publishers’ Guild awards. Read more

The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) are best known for making a digital record of all oil paintings in public ownership across the UK. These paintings can be seen on www.bbc.co.uk/yourpaintings, a website created by the PCF in partnership with the… Read more

Visitor Verdict, the Association of Independent Museum’s visitor research and benchmarking tool, is going from strength to strength. With all of last year’s places filled, AIM and partner BDRC-Continental, have just announced a further 80 places. For the first time,… Read more