Seven Stories, the national children’s literature archive, has a collection of original manuscripts and artwork of authors and illustrators from the 1930s to the present day. Its unique Collection represents the work of more than 200 authors… 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 Mini Museum at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has been designed to appeal to pre-school children, incorporating many of the paintings and exhibits that prove most popular with younger visitors to the museum, alongside comfortable soft seating… Read more

On 15 December Tim Peake will become Britain’s first European Space Agency astronaut in space when he launches from Kazakhstan to meet the crew on the International Space Station (ISS). He will join a long list of distinguished men and… Read more

Worcestershire’s Treasures has enabled heritage venues in the city to up-skill graduates in order to plug the skills gaps within the sector. Since 2011 a total of 17 graduates have completed the paid traineeship within the heritage… Read more

The I Love Museums roadshow is travelling from Devon to Edinburgh, to highlight public support for our cultural institutions and asking people, ‘why do you love museums?’. The UK’s Museums and Galleries are more popular than ever… Read more

The Icon Conservation Awards recognise the highest standards of conservation, research and collections care within the UK art and heritage sectors and the winners were announced by the Royal Academy of Art’s Artistic Director Tim Marlow at a ceremony last… Read more

Derby Museums’ Mini Maker Faire returns tomorrow, part of The Silk Mill’s dedicated five year transformation in to The Museum of Making, and there will be a brand new exhibition running throughout Derby Mini Maker Faire 2015 – Museum of Making: Lite, an… Read more

The Working Internationally Regional Project is offering a small number of travel grants to support non-national museums in England to work internationally. The grants could work for those museums that have international ambitions but are struggling to… Read more

Fighting Fit: Ready for Anything is Museums Galleries Scotland’s third biennial conference and the conference programme spans a wide range of themes including governance and change management; creativity and enterprise; and responsiveness and agility. The day will focus on… Read more

The National Maritime Museum display will show the Union flag flown at the Battle of Trafalgar from the HMS Minotaur in October 1805. It was acquired from the Church of St Mary’s Selling, Kent, the prize of Stephen Hilton,… Read more

The Exeter Dementia Action Alliance was created in January and will be formally launched at RAMM on 18 November and is a movement working towards a society-wide response to dementia. RAMM has been working with people with memory problems, their… 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