Culture secretary announces Dame Mary Archer as new chairman of Science Museum Group for four years starting in January… Read more

Ashgate have announced the latest book releases from their Museum Studies, Heritage and Cultural Management list. Read more

The fascinating history of a Victorian funeral fitters is about to come to life as a new heritage attraction writes Adrian Murphy… Read more

The Springbok Experience Rugby Museum, designed by leading museum design consultancy, Mather & Co is celebrating its first birthday with a record 41,000-visitor attendance in its first year, and a new exhibit for the museum. 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

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

After a multi-million pound refit, Manchester’s Central Library opened earlier this year. Neil MacInnes, Strategic Lead – Libraries, Information and Archives, talks to Advisor about the project and explains how technology is improving accessibility and attracting new audiences. Read more

Heritage Lottery Fund is currently looking for four new committee members in Northern Ireland, Wales, the East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humber. Applications are being encouraged from people from a variety of backgrounds and experience, who can demonstrate an affinity… Read more

A stunning collection of Egyptian artefacts dating back 5,000 years is about to be revealed to the public after being hidden away in storage for 40 years. Read more

As The Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London prepares to re-open after renovation, Crown Fine Art is predicting many other museums and galleries will follow in its footsteps by installing LED lighting to save money, reduce their carbon… Read more

Zeutschel UK exclusively market all Zeutschel products – scanning systems, copy systems, microfilm cameras and microfilm plotters, software solutions for digital image quality control, digital document delivery service and digitization workflow solutions. Besides this, Zeutschel UK also provide after sales… Read more

Mark Hawken is an Associate Director of Project Management at Sweett Group. He has 20 years of experience in the construction industry, with qualifications in Architecture, Building Surveying, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Architectural Conservation; providing an unusual breadth… Read more

Vanessa Rayner, IWM’s Head of Planning and Strategy has been working on the transformation of the Imperial War Museum London since 2010. Here she tells Advisor about this huge project to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. Read more

A new exhibition entitled No Known Grave – Missing in Action has opened at The Fusilier Museum in Bury to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. Read more

This summer, anthropologist and BBC TV Coast and Origins of Us presenter Dr Alice Roberts, is officially opening Salisbury Museum’s new world-class Wessex Gallery of Archaeology in Wiltshire, designed by specialist exhibition designers and architects, Metaphor and their team. Read more

When The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, reopened recently after a two-year renovation, it made extensive use of audio-visual and interactive techniques that take visitors on what’s been called “a multidimensional journey across the Olympic Universe. Read more

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The Whole Story Project – Highly Commended in the Permanent Exhibition category… Read more

This case study describes the day to day activities of a small, local, volunteer run museum - the Wymondham Heritage Museum. Pip Woodward reports from life on the front line of museum management. Read more

Written in association with The National Gallery, London our latest publication ties in with their upcoming Making Colour exhibition. Read more