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RAF Museum – Mapping the Future with new senior management team
The Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum have announced its new Senior Management Team who will oversee the day to day running and long term planning for the London, Cosford and Stafford sites… Read more
Wales’ National Museums install defibrillators
Life-saving defibrillators have been installed at all seven of Wales’ National Museums to safeguard both the staff and the 1.6 million people (on average) who visit each year… Read more
Museums + Heritage Awards 2015 shortlist announced
The Museums + Heritage Awards 2015 shortlist includes a selection of the most innovative and impressive organisations… Read more
IN FOCUS: 3D Printing – re-making the museum
The use of 3D printers by museums has become more common recently with improvements in technology, lower prices and innovative ways to use them both curatorially and entrepreneurially… Read more
CASE STUDY: Museofabber – Printing history
Museofabber is partnering with museums in order to publish and distribute digital reconstructions of artefacts as 3D-printable educational content… Read more
CASE STUDY: The Centre for Computing History – Using a 3D printer as a working exhibit
The Centre for Computing History was established in 2007 as a pioneering educational charity to tell the story of the information age and six months ago purchased its first 3D printer… Read more
CASE STUDY: Derby Museums – Providing hands on 3D-printing experience to visitors
Using 3D printers has become a regular feature at Derby Museums with public workshops, an international event and exhibitions… Read more
CASE STUDY: Loughborough University – Restoring Beijing’s Palace Museum with 3D printing
Following groundbreaking work with museums in China, Loughborough University Design School is using the latest 3D digital technologies to develop commercial services for museums… Read more
Fashion on the Ration: 1940s Street Style at IWM
To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1945, IWM London launches a major new exhibition Fashion on the Ration, exploring how fashion survived and even flourished during wartime… Read more
Andy Huckle joins Syx Automations consultant team
To support Syx’s rapidly growing customer base in the UK Andy Huckle has been appointed to the consultant team. Andy joins from Gladstone MRM and will bring with him a wealth of knowledge and expertise that will benefit Syx’s customers… Read more
Electrosonic Tells Tale of Beauty for Award-Winning AmorePacific’s Story Garden Tour Experience
The AmorePacific Beautiful Life Center in Osan, Korea, has reinvented the factory tour and brand centre with the award-winning Story Garden, an interactive multisensory and multimedia experience, involving sight, sound and touch. BRC Imagination Arts hired Electrosonic to do the… Read more
ACE announces latest grants for touring programmes
Arts Council England has announced the successful applicants to the latest round of its Strategic touring programme with 18 organisations receiving a total of £3,971,175… Read more
Corporate club launched to raise money for new £7m Being Brunel museum
Being Brunel is a major redevelopment at the home of ss Great Britain to create a new museum that will bring to life the story of the great engineer… Read more
The Main Event – How museums can maximise income from their unique venues
With the challenges of budget and funding cuts (The Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s funding for national museums will have been cut by 30 per cent in real terms since 2010 to 2015 with higher percentage cuts in many… Read more
Arts Council England announces successful Museum Resilience Fund organisations
M+H Advisor talks to Arts Council England (ACE) director of museums John Orna Ornstein on the Museum Resilience Fund and how the new grants will improve the sector… Read more
THE TOP 5 WARTIME TRENDS THAT ARE BACK IN VOGUE
Even in the midst of war, looking good was crucial for keeping up morale on the home front. Historical Sticker Dolly Dressing: Wartime Fashion has over 150 historically accurate stickers to use to dress up the characters in the chicest… Read more
Culture Secretary outlines new era for England’s heritage
The two successor bodies to English Heritage have set out their plans for the years ahead… Read more
Gruesome but scientific – the Wellcome Collection’s Forensics: the anatomy of crime exhibition
Following a £17.5million development, Wellcome Collection opens a major exhibition today (26 February) exploring the history, science and art of forensic medicine… Read more
Shorter scan cycles, faster operation
Zeutschel zeta office at the CeBIT – Hall 3 / Booth H17: New features for greater productivity. Read more