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

Situated on the northern edge of Shrewsbury, the internationally-important and revolutionary Flaxmill Maltings was instrumental in helping to change the world of construction and design. The first stage in saving this unique site for future generations has been completed with… Read more

The installation of nearly 1,100 objects is nearing completion as the V&A prepares to open a new suite of galleries next month dedicated to the arts of living in Europe between 1600 and 1815. The unveiling is a major part… Read more

Thousands of youngsters will be assuming the roles of curators, guides and exhibition designers as they get a taste for life as a museum professional and M+H Advisor will be publishing a selection of their stories and photographs on… Read more

In October 2014 the lengthy conservation project to turn the former Newman Brothers Coffin Works, which made coffin furniture between 1894 and 1999, into an industrial heritage attraction was complete and the doors were open to the public. But aside… Read more

Julia Peyton-Jones has been Director of the Serpentine Galleries since 1991 and was joined in 2006, by Hans Ulrich Obrist as Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects. Together they have made the Serpentine… Read more

HLF has awarded the British Horological Institute (BHI) – a membership organisation for people who make, repair, collect and sell clocks, watches and other timepieces – a grant to create a National Centre for Horology at its… Read more

The National Railway Museum has drawn up plans that will see, from early 2016, the reappearance of The Flying Scotsman around the UK as a working museum exhibit, demonstrating the engineering science behind steam traction to new generation. For… Read more

The announcement of the closure date marks the next milestone in the Burrell Collection’s ambitious plans to overhaul the roof, building fabric, interior and ageing plant, as well as creating an entirely new experience for visitors. The move follows a… Read more