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

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

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

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

Every person I meet from a museum makes an effort to impress upon me their museum’s uniqueness, its individuality and its special nature. Visiting lots of museums and trying to understand their particular strengths and assets is a wonderful part… Read more

A staggering 65,218,272 people visited attractions in London and therefore it is no surprise that the Top 10 most visited attractions were all London based. The British Museum continued to be the most popular visitor attraction overall for the 9th… Read more

A staggering 65,218,272 people visited attractions in London and therefore it is no surprise that the Top 10 most visited attractions were all London based. The British Museum continued to be the most popular visitor attraction overall for the 9th… Read more

Gardiner & Theobald LLP has been appointed to undertake the Project Management with John McAslan + Partners as Architect and Lead Designer for the refurbishment of the building, with Event Communications has been appointed to deliver exhibition and interpretative design… Read more

Taking place at Olympia West in London, on 18-19 May, the Museums + Heritage Show 2016 combines two great days of free-to-attend talks with the sector’s largest trade exhibition of more than 150 suppliers.  The event is designed to offer… Read more

The V&A is planning to create the world’s most extensive collection on the art of photography by relocating more than 400,000 objects from SMG’s three-million-strong photography collection, held at the National… Read more

Following several weeks of painstaking protection and preservation work by Leeds Museums & Galleries during the house’s bookings-only season (November to February), the drawing room, along with the rest of the Tudor Jacobean mansion, is almost ready… Read more

This exhibition complements Death: the human experience, which opened in October 2015 and aims to encourage debate and discussion around end of life choices as the current law on assisted dying in the UK is undergoing scrutiny. Curators have chosen… Read more

The Humanities and the Digital Age series will explore the relationship between Humanities and the digital world and will consider digital’s at once disruptive and creative potential as well as imagining future ground for exploration. In this opening… Read more

The National Galleries of Scotland and Tate have announced that Phyllida Barlow will be the 40th artist to join the Artist Rooms collection with her untitled: upturnedhouse, 2, made in 2012, going on display… Read more

Frances Morris has been named the new director of Tate Modern with current director, Chris Dercon stepping down later this year – after five years at the helm – to take up a new position as artistic… Read more

National Museum of African American History and Culture Scheduled to open in September 2016, the museum is under construction on the National Mall in Washington, DC on a five-acre tract adjacent to the Washington Monument. The National Museum of… Read more

JANUARY January started off with Museums + Heritage Advisor in the midst of a website redesign and our first of a series of In Focus features on Controlling the Environment was published. We also reported on the… Read more

This investment will kick-start a three-year project to create new displays and a performance space for the RCM Museum’s extensive and precious collection of historic instruments, including the world’s earliest surviving guitar. It will also give much wider exposure… Read more

The Mary Rose Museum has closed its doors today as it begins a transformation in its visitor experience that will allow for unobstructed views of the ship’s hull and a greater appreciation of a vessel whose maiden voyage was in… Read more