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

Plymouth is today celebrating £12.8M of funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to create a major new historic and cultural attraction in the very heart of the city. Read more

The Babcock Galleries at The National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard have opened to the public following a £4.5 million renovation led by architects Purcell and project managers Artelia. Read more

Paul Roberts, Ticketing and Information Manager at The British Museum, explores the challenges and opportunities of modern ticketing systems for the Museum’s varied visitor offerings. Read more

Conservators Keith Barley (ACR FMGP) and 
Alison Gilchrist (MA) share some of their expertise. Read more

Our shortlisted projects today are all contenders in the Restoration and Conservation category which has been sponsored by Fairhurst Ward Abbotts. This award highlights the quality of work undertaken on restoration and conservation projects within the UK. How projects have… Read more

Bernard Donoghue, Director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, explains the importance of data to managing and maximising visits to our leading museums, galleries and heritage sites. 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

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

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

Since its opening on the 18th December 2013, the new Stonehenge exhibition and visitor centre has welcomed over 50,000 visitors. The centre makes dramatic use of high resolution projection technology to help visitors learn about one of the world’s most… Read more

As the Ministry of Curiosity we aim to bring to the public the best of London’s museum-centric social life through our blog and twitter. That means that we need to be at the centre of all things wonderful and museum-y… Read more

Culture 24, in partnership with gift experience providers Activity Superstore, are busy putting together a brand new range of experiences which will give people the chance to gain exclusive access to museums and cultural experiences. Aimed at families, adults and… Read more

The Museum of Methodism and John Wesley’s House, the house in which Wesley lived between 1778 until his death in 1791, explore the story of Methodism from its origins in the 18th century to the present day. The museum re-opened… Read more

People in Castleford have aspired to a museum of their own for over 50 years, and in December 2013 those wishes were at last fulfilled when the new Castleford Forum Library and Museum opened. Dave Evans, Museum Curatorial & Collections… Read more

The arts community is currently one of the hottest areas of crowdfunding activity. Advisor spoke to two different institutions to see how they have used crowdfunding. One is funding a permanent gallery, one a temporary art installation. Is this a… Read more

The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) has opened the latest in a series of exhibitions focusing on entertainment greats. Jeff Buonomo explains how they worked with D23, the official Disney Fan Club to access the Disney archives for… Read more

Founded in 1985, the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft has recently undergone a spectacular revamp and now includes new galleries, a dedicated learning space, research space, a shop and a cafe. Director Hilary Williams told Advisor about the project… Read more

How do you curate an exhibition about something you can’t even see? This ambitious exhibition is dedicated to one of the greatest endeavours in the history of subatomic physics research. The sheer size of the Large Hadron Collider and the… Read more

Winchester College is opening a new public access museum of the decorative arts in autumn 2014. Rachel Wragg is Museum Development Manager at the School: “Winchester College owns a significant collection of some 360 watercolours representing most of the main… Read more