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The Olympic Games: Behind the Screen a new exhibition at The Olympic Museum
Broadcasting coverage of the most watched sporting event in the world is the subject of a new exhibition at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland… Read more
Drawn by light: the Royal Photographic Society Collection to open in March
The exhibition at the National Media Museum, Bradford will explore 200 years of photography… Read more
From Stone Age man to Red Rum – Between Land and Sea explores 10,000 years of Sefton’s Coast
The Atkinson in Southport has launched a new permanent exhibition, which explores the rich and varied history of the Sefton area… Read more
Extensis Launches Next Generation Font Menu for Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint
Suitcase Attaché gives users a creative boost by unleashing the power of typography in two widely-used applications. Read more
Museums Galleries Scotland launches first ever non-graduate traineeship programme
The programme provides the opportunity for 20 non-graduates from a range of backgrounds to take part in a one-year paid traineeship with host museums and galleries throughout Scotland… Read more
Museums + Heritage Show announces extensive programme of free talks and one-to-one expert advIce
With just over two months to go until Museums + Heritage Show 2015, the organisers of the UK’s most comprehensive event for the cultural sector has announced its most ambitious programme yet… Read more
Extensis Portfolio Update Adds Apple OS X Yosemite Support, Advanced Reporting Features, and more
Latest version of industry’s most affordable Digital Asset Management solution builds on Portfolio’s ultra-scale, speed and efficiency. Extensis® has announced new updates to Extensis Portfolio™, a modular digital asset management (DAM) system that makes DAM affordable for companies of all… Read more
National landscape discovery centre a step closer thanks to £7.8m HLF grant
Situated in the heart of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site in Northumberland National Park, the Sill will become the country’s first national landscape discovery centre… Read more
Extensis Releases New Digital Asset Management Best Practices Guide
Guide provides businesses with a framework for selecting a DAM system and best practices for implementing and maximising DAM. Extensis has released a Digital Asset Management Best Practices Guide, designed for companies at various stages of digital asset management implementation. Read more
Brooklands Museum, home of the world’s first motor-racing circuit, embarks on £7m project
The Surrey museum has received a Heritage Lottery Grant of £4.5m to go ahead with its Brooklands Aircraft Factory & Race Track Revival Project… Read more
British Postal Museum & Archive Chairman to pass on her mail bag as new £22m museum planned for 2016
The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) will deliver its new museum next year with a fresh chairman… Read more
Florida Aquarium Opens New Learning Centre with Equipment Support and Integration by Electrosonic
Electrosonic has provided video, audio and control equipment and integration for the new Carol J and Barney Barnett Learning Centre at The Florida Aquarium in Tampa. The new facility builds on Electrosonic’s strong relationship with the aquarium, which includes earlier… Read more
A £3.8m Heritage Lottery Fund grant will see restoration of historic steam-powered Tug-Tender
The last-surviving Steam Tug-Tender in the UK, the historic North West vessel the Daniel Adamson, has been awarded £3.8million by The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to restore and open it up to the public… Read more
Land of the Lions
ZSL London Zoo is breaking ground on a brand new £5.2m exhibit for one of the world’s most endangered big cats and Paragon Creative will be working closely with ZSL and Buxtons (the main contractor) to undertake the theming and… Read more
Whitworth Art Gallery reopens following £15M transformation
The Whitworth Art Gallery will throw open its doors tomorrow (Saturday), both the old ones and the new, which connect to the park, following an 18-month redevelopment… Read more
All aboard! V&A Museum of Design Dundee embarks on national tour of scotland
With building work beginning next month the V&A Museum of Design Dundee begins a touring exhibition today that will visit more than 70 venues the length and breadth of Scotland… Read more
The Nurse of the Mediterranean – Malta
Paragon Creative has been awarded the contract for new exhibition that tells the story of the Royal Navy’s Bighi Hospital in Malta. For 140 years, the hospital provided a crucial medical service for the British and allied forces in this… Read more
Exhibition for Guggenheim Helsinki design finalists
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation will present the free, public exhibition Guggenheim Helsinki Now at the Kunsthalle Helsinki in April… Read more
Special report: Independent museums aim-ing high
The Association of Independent Museums (AIM) was formed when industrial heritage in particular was in a state of decline but today has a flourishing network of organisations says Chairman Matthew Tanner MBE… Read more