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 centrepiece of the new Marine Worlds gallery, which opens on Friday at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum will be the 200 million-year-old fossil remains of a prehistoric marine reptile. The dolphin-like ichthyosaurus would have been at home… Read more

The collaboration, the first of its kind between a UK museum and a Chinese partner, comprises the provision of professional advice and training to help CMSK establish and develop a world class design museum; the concept, development and design of… Read more

Lancashire County Council approved cuts to its budget of £65m in November and agreed to slash its museum budget from £1.2m to 98,000, leaving five of its 11 museums without funding. The cuts affected Queen Street Mill (pictured main image),… 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

The Impact of Charging Museum Admission study involves assessing the role of charging – or not charging – for visitor admissions and when completed will assist museums that are considering charging or reviewing their admissions policies in light of reductions in other forms… Read more

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

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, 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

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