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V&A launches Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty
Visionary fashion designer Alexander McQueen’s work is celebrated in a special show opening Saturday (14 March) with 240 of his ensembles and accessories… Read more
New Digital Audio Player Range from Blackbox av
The venerable Envoy SB (SoundByte) and SB Lite digital audio players from Blackbox av, both used in many museums and attractions throughout the UK, have been replaced by the new SoundClip (SC), which has better features and a wider range. Read more
Björk: A retrospective exhibition opens at MoMA
Björk includes a new immersive music and film experience conceived by Björk herself with Andrew Thomas Huang and commissioned for the exhibition by MoMA… Read more
Horniman Opens New Display Area in its Historic Natural History Gallery
The Horniman Museum and Gardens in Forest Hill will unveil a new look entrance to its Natural History Gallery tomorrow with new displays featuring star specimens from its Natural History collections… Read more
MUSEUMS SHEFFIELD CELEBRATES £697,000 FUNDING
Museums Sheffield is celebrating after securing £697,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund following a successful bid in partnership with leading design consultancy Mather & Co. Awarded to redevelop Weston Park Museum, the grant will realise an ambitious programme of work… Read more
Churchill’s paintings accepted for the nation
Arts Council England today announced the acceptance in lieu by H M Government of a major collection of paintings by Sir Winston Churchill, whose death 50 years ago was commemorated earlier this year… Read more
LEADING EXHIBITION DESIGNERS APPOINTED TO DEVELOP BOMBER COMMAND CENTRE
Haley Sharpe Design (hsd) has been appointed by the International Bomber Command Centre to develop inspirational state-of-the-art interpretative proposals for its new heritage site. The new centre will be constructed on a hilltop site to the south of Lincoln, overlooking… Read more
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