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Carole Souter CBE appointed as Trustee of Historic Royal Palaces
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Carole Souter CBE as a Trustee of Historic Royal Palaces Carole Souter has been appointed a trustee of HRP following on from her role as Chief… Read more
ACE – The power of partnerships in the growth and survival of museums
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
Gallery 1957 new contemporary art gallery opens in Ghanaian capital
Gallery 1957, taking its name from the year of independence, is a gallery dedicated to contemporary art founded by Marwan Zakhem and evolved from more than 15 years of private collecting The gallery’s initial curatorial focus will be on contemporary… Read more
New visitor gateway hub opens at Cromford Mills World Heritage Site
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
UK Visitor attractions see 3.2% increase in visitor numbers in ALVA figures 2015
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
Kossmann.dejong designs ‘THE BUDDHA’
What makes the life of this spiritual leader so intriguing? How do effigies from different countries distinguish themselves? What are people looking for when they turn to Buddhism? These and other questions are central to the exhibition ‘THE BUDDHA’. Visitors… Read more
Architects and designers confirmed for Burrell Collection’s £66m redevelopment
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
Museums + Heritage Show 2016 announces extensive programme of free talks and one-to-one expert advice
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
Digital.Bodleian – providing a single search and discovery interface for existing digitised collections
The desire of the Digital.Bodleian Project was to migrate multiple silos of content – content which had been put online by the Bodleian Library at various times over the previous 15 years – into a single storage… Read more