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The countdown begins…Marketing Award

With the Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2014 ceremony not far away, we thought we’d give you a run down of the shortlisted projects in each category. Today’s focus is on the Marketing Campaign award. Entrants had to demonstrate… Read more

The Battle of Bannockburn Project

The National Trust for Scotland preserves a collection of monuments on the summit of a hill, near Stirling. They commemorate the thousands of soldiers – the servicemen of their day – who lost their lives at the Battle of Bannockburn. Read more

A Day in the Life

In the first of a series of articles looking at working life across the Museums and Heritage sector, Fran Lashmar, Education Manager South East, English Heritage gives us an insight into her role. Read more

Bees, Boats and Brunel – £30m of HLF Funding announced

Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is announcing funding of £30m towards 10 projects that reflect the diversity of the UK’s heritage. They include a far-reaching project to help protect the future of our seriously dwindling bee population, two projects… Read more

Managing Copyright in Museums

Managing copyright in museum collections is a fascinating challenge. Whether dealing with the museum’s own copyright, or that belonging to an artist or their estate, copyright managers perform a constant balancing act between access and protection. Bernard Horrocks, Intellectual Property… Read more

Natural Support from Colleagues

For collections management to be to the highest standard possible, all we need to do is understand our collections. Often this is not as easy as it sounds, as many curators look after an extremely diverse range of collections. Jan… Read more

Handling, Packing and Transport

Moving objects is one of the core functions of Collections Management and a key responsibility for anyone with responsibility for cultural collections. Freda Matassa, of Matassa Toffolo, explains more. Read more

The Novium : Relocation

A major project to relocate Chichester Museum in the South of England is now complete. The strategy for the new location is to make the displays as flexible as possible so that exhibitions can be changed frequently, giving local people… Read more