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

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

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

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

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 Peace Museum UK is an independent and accredited Museum based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. It is the only museum dedicated to the history and the often untold stories of peacemakers, peace-making, social reformers and peace movements in the UK. Read more

The Gallery of Lost Art is a ghost museum, a place of shadows and traces, which could only ever exist virtually. This online Tate exhibition tells the stories of artworks that have disappeared. Destroyed, stolen, discarded, rejected, erased, ephemeral –… Read more

Design Ventura is a design and enterprise project run by the Design Museum and developed in partnership with Deutsche Bank. The project champions real world learning and makes use of the Design Museum as a hub for design, business, culture… Read more

The site at Astley Castle, which has been in continuous occupation since the Saxon period, includes the moated castle, gateway and curtain walls, lake, church and the ghost of pleasure gardens in a picturesque landscape. Read more

The Grant Museum of Zoology at University College London (UCL) is the only remaining university zoological museum in London. It houses around 67,000 specimens, covering the whole Animal Kingdom. Founded in 1828 as a teaching collection, the Museum is packed… Read more

Very good cake at that! But how should we ensure there were plenty of visitors to enjoy the cake in the cold and windy month of March? This was the question the team at Kiplin Hall needed to address at… Read more

The success of the ITV television series, Downton Abbey, has reinvigorated people’s appetites to discover what life was really like for servants and workers in our stately homes in the last century. In March 2012, National Trust property Ickworth House,… Read more

In 2012, our Museum held a Volunteer-led initiative, the Board of Trustees voted for a Tearoom and Gift Shop Makeover with a view to increasing revenue. A design was settled upon, one which we felt would resonate with all ages,… Read more

As a wheelchair user myself, and as someone with a background in the visual arts and a keen interest in history and architecture, I have often found accessing heritage sites a challenge. Therefore as Programme Director for Accentuate - the… Read more

2012 was undoubtedly a great year for showcasing UK culture to the world, and indeed to the people of the UK. It was the year the world watched as the UK unashamedly celebrated our social, political, scientific, technological, artistic and… Read more

With museums nationwide facing increasing budget cuts and visitors reducing spend on leisure, arts marketing teams are finding that they can no longer rely on traditional methods alone to attract much needed audiences. Read more

Ecommerce has continued to become to be an even more important share of retail sales year-on-year. The cultural sector is no exception to this role and online sales are of growing importance to museums, arts organisations and heritage institutions both… Read more

The drive towards a greater level of inclusion for the varied audience to the modern museum, gallery and visitor attraction has seen the marriage of the latest compelling entertainment content and technology combined into the educational medium to create what… Read more