Category: Workforce and volunteers
Crown Fine Art is the first art handling company to be awarded international safety accreditation
Crown Fine Art, a company that ensures the safe transportation and handling of works of art worldwide, has become the first major fine art handling company to achieve the international standard for health and safety in the UK. Read more
Protecting Our Heritage from the damp and preventing corrosion from setting in post conservation
The UK has around 2,500 museums, galleries and heritage sites housing anything from priceless paintings and artefacts to manuscripts, motors, mummies and much more. Unfortunately the UK has one of the wettest climates in the northern hemisphere which means these… Read more
Bringing Enterprise to Museums
Peter Latchford OBE is Chief Executive of Black Radley Consultancy and Visiting Professor of Enterprise at Birmingham City University. Here he tells Advisor why creating an environment in which enterprise can flourish is key for museums adapting to financial climate… Read more
Over 35,000 books removed and reinstalled during the refurbishment of Queen’s College Library Oxford
The world of museums is changing fast and one of the most noticeable differences in recent years has been the growing trend to outsource the packing, transporting, hanging and even sometimes the curating of artefacts and works of art. Read more
Sustainability in the Museum sector
Environmentally friendly practices are crucial to the museums and heritage sector and museums increasingly need to model green behavior and sustainability, from recycling to managing energy use. Patricia Mandeville of Cynergin and Declan Rajasingham of the Natural History Museum encourage… Read more
Managing Copyright in Museums
Managing copyright in museum collections is a fascinating challenge. Whether dealing with the museum’s own copyright, or that belonging to an artist or their estate, copyright managers perform a constant balancing act between access and protection. Bernard Horrocks, Intellectual Property… Read more
The World’s First Factory – still making history
Derby’s former industrial museum, The Silk Mill, has been transformed over the last 18 months into a modern hub where people can not only be inspired by Derby’s creative past, but get involved in its future. Advisor spoke to Hannah… Read more
The £1.7m Sacrewell Watermill Restoration Project is recruiting for a Project Officer
Sacrewell Farm & Country Centre, owned and managed by the William Scott Abbott Trust, is a popular Farm Attraction located to the west of Peterborough with 80,000 visitors a year. The William Scott Abbott Trust has been awarded funding from… Read more
Cultural Heritage Careers: Entry and Development
The Cultural Heritage sector faces significant challenges regarding the training of its workforce. Read more