Category: Openings & closures
Genus sets date for fourth and final free digitisation workshop of 2016
Since April 2015 Genus has held a series of successful free Digitisation Workshops to help organisations gain an understanding of the processes involved in starting a digitisation project. The main aim of the digitisation workshop will be to show participants… Read more
HLF and ACE launch new pilot programme to explore crowdfunding in the arts and heritage sector
HLF and ACE have launched a pilot scheme, outlined in the government’s Culture White Paper, in partnership with UK innovation foundation Nesta and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) that aims to benefit a variety… Read more
Norton Priory opens new museum complex following £4.5m Monastery to Museum project
It is Europe’s most excavated monastic site and following a major redevelopment by architects Buttress, Norton Priory can now offer a much improved visitor experience that fosters clearer interpretation of the site and its objects, and is more… Read more
Tickbox to take its Volunteer Makers programme nationwide with ACE support
The Volunteer Makers model helps organisations engage, manage and grow their volunteer community, opening up volunteering to a wider demographic and connecting with the “long tail” of volunteers. Changes to traditional funding models mean volunteers are becoming increasing important to… Read more
2,000-year-old farmstead built as part of St Fagans National History Museum’s £25.5m redevelopment project
The Iron Age building, which is now open to the public, is based on an archaeological site from the time of the Roman conquest, is a recreation of a small Iron Age farmstead near Llansadwrn in the eastern corner of… Read more
Shakespeare’s will returns to his hometown for the first time in 400 years for major exhibition
William Shakespeare’s last will and testament written in March 1616 is cared for by The National Archives and is being loaned to The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust as part of a major exhibition, Treasures celebrating 400 years of… Read more
South Sheilds Museum & Art Gallery displays Renoir in first of a series of spotlight loans
The arrival of Renoir’s St Tropez at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery is the first in a series of high-profile spotlight loans to the museum and has been loaned by Birmingham Museums Trust… Read more
ICOM’s 24th General Conference will close tomorrow with the election of a new president
During the opening ceremony, Hinz, spoke enthusiastically about the founding of ICOM in 1946 by a handful of passionate museum professionals, growing into today’s international organisation of more than 36,000 members. He recalled the fundamental aspirations of its founders: the… Read more
What makes a strong museum board and effective governance in museums?
During the opening ceremony, Hinz, spoke enthusiastically about the founding of ICOM in 1946 by a handful of passionate museum professionals, growing into today’s international organisation of more than 36,000 members. He recalled the fundamental aspirations of… Read more
The Victoria and Albert Museum named Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016
As Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016 the V&A takes the crown from last year’s winner The Whitworth art Gallery at the University of Manchester and can boast to being… Read more
Whitworth Art Gallery opens Art Garden that will foster well-being through horticulture
The Art Garden is a philanthropic partnership with perfumer Jo Malone London and has been designed with waves of texture, colour and scent, which reveal themselves throughout the seasons. The planting scheme includes some of Jo Malone London’s most-loved ingredients… Read more
Opening of Shakespeare’s New Place postponed as floods delay project
The Trust said that torrential rainfall in recent weeks has made it impossible for groundwork to be completed as planned, and this has in turn delayed installation of the new garden on the footprint of Shakespeare’s family… Read more
Tate Modern opens new £260m 10-storey Switch House dedicated to live art, installation and film
Following on from the redevelopment of the Bankside Power Station into a museum for international modern and contemporary art in 2000, the architects behind that transformation, Herzog & de Meuron have recently extended Tate Modern with Switch… Read more
JORVIK’s Vikings return to Coppergate for temporary exhibition as major post-flood refit continues
The JORVIK Viking Centre was one of the many homes and businesses in York that suffered substantial flood damage in December 2015 and currently remains closed as a major refurbishment is underway with the aims of re-open… Read more
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust launches online collection with 10,000 bard-related images
The new site offers free access to over 10,000 images of objects, documents and photographs of productions opening up access to an extraordinary range of material cared for by the Trust. As an online resource, the website holds detailed information and… Read more
ACE report shows local authority investment in culture down by £236m since 2010
Sir Peter was addressing local authorities and members from local councils from across the country and his speech was accompanied by a new report, Funding Arts and Culture in a Time of Austerity, which provides analysis of data… Read more
Museums in south east help launch new project to make them more accessible to blind people
Sensing Cultures is a new project aimed at opening up museums and culture to people with sight loss in the South East of England has launched The Heritage Lottery funded Sensing Cultures is a partnership project between the RNIB (Royal… Read more
New £7m national Brunel museum fully funded following government grant
The centrepiece of Being Brunel will be a new museum and visitor experience that will become the national centre of expertise in the life and works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel when it opens in early 2018. The… Read more
Design Museum announces opening date for new £83m home in Kensington
The Design Museum’s new building is the result of an £83 million transformation of the 1960s Grade II* listed former Commonwealth Institute building. It offers 10,000sqm of space and has set a visitor target of 650,000 each year. Designer John… Read more