The National Portrait Gallery’s overarching project was to upgrade all on-site collections storage. The project was broken down into a number of phases programmed over 2012 - 2013. The discreet part, which Polstore Storage Systems Limited was commissioned to work… Read more

Sacrewell Farm & Country Centre, owned and managed by the William Scott Abbott Trust, is a popular Farm Attraction located to the west of Peterborough with 80,000 visitors a year. The William Scott Abbott Trust has been awarded funding from… Read more

A new, affordable and creative technology is promising to revolutionise the smartphone app Visitor Guide. Nick Crossland, Online Producer at Rckt tells us more. Read more

Latest exhibition leads to development of new merchandise for Walker. Advisor talks to Ann Bukantas, Head of Fine Art, National Museums Liverpool. Read more

BDRC Continental talk to Advisor about opportunities for attractions to harness the power of benchmarking to inform their future investments in money and time. Read more

Collaboration between National Media Museum and the Science Museum enables creative relationships to flourish. Advisor talks to Emma Hedderwick, Project Leader: Media Space, Science Museum. Read more

Many, many museums across the country have large collections; collections that are costly to maintain, and collections that are not always as well understood as organisations would like. It is the dream of many a curator to have the opportunity… Read more

Learn from the Wallace Collection how to take steps to improve your retail offering ensuring your products reflect your core audience. Anita Richardson, Head of Retail and Visitor Services reveals all. Read more

Interpreting the life and loves, writing and legacy of a household name such as Charles Dickens is a daunting task. A man of many parts and passions, Charles Dickens embodies our perception of Victorian Britain. He is universally known, and… Read more

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is well known as the first public museum in Britain, as well as for its quality and high level of research and development as part of the University of Oxford. The Museum has undergone significant… Read more

REMIX is the global summit for Culture, Technology and Entrepreneurship. It brings together creative leaders from different industries to tackle the big ideas shaping the future of the cultural sector. Read more

Unseen Enemy is a powerful and thought-provoking exhibition which tackles the highly charged issues surrounding the Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Packed with personal interviews, images and mementoes it tells the inspiring stories of the men and women who search for,… Read more

People visiting a museum or heritage site often find it a very visual experience, however at Action on Hearing Loss we have found that visitors who are deaf or have hearing loss are often neglected by tourist attractions. Read more

Social Media Through Thick and Thin –there’s a title. When we were asked to talk about social media at this year’s Museums and Heritage show, our first thoughts were ‘why us’? There must be lots of social media gurus out… Read more

In April 2013 the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) launched the new framework for our funding entitled: A lasting difference for heritage and people. This framework was developed through extensive consultation with organisations across the heritage spectrum and with the public. Read more

Destination Tyneside, a new permanent gallery, opened at Discovery Museum on 13th July 2013. It provides a glimpse into the fascinating stories of some of the people who have chosen to make Tyneside their home over the last 200 years. Read more

The UKs cultural collections are often housed in historical and listed buildings. The buildings in their own right require care and preservation, whilst also providing modern customer facilities for visitors. Creating a balance between these two conflicting requirements can often… Read more

Torre Abbey Historic House in Torquay re-opened after an extensive restoration programme on Saturday 27 July. Read more

The great thing about developing interpretation – an art as much as a science – is that there is always something new and exciting to discover, however far removed the subject matter may seem at first glance. It’s a lesson… Read more

Museums and galleries have something particular and important to offer very young children and those who care for them; extraordinary visual stimulus, a wonderful spatial environment and a strong sense of social and emotional wellbeing. Read more