The Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition is staged in four galleries at Durham University’s Palace Green Library within the UNESCO World Heritage Site next to Durham Cathedral. The exhibition displays the 1300 year old Lindisfarne Gospels, created in the North East and… Read more

Usborne Publishing, one of the largest and most successful children’s publishers in the UK, has been been named both Independent Children’s Publisher of the Year and Independent Publisher of the Year 2014 at the recent UK Independent Publishers’ Guild awards. Read more

The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) are best known for making a digital record of all oil paintings in public ownership across the UK. These paintings can be seen on www.bbc.co.uk/yourpaintings, a website created by the PCF in partnership with the… Read more

Norfolk County Council has selected ReCreateX as its new Ticketing, Membership and Retail system for the Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service. Read more

Visitor Verdict, the Association of Independent Museum’s visitor research and benchmarking tool, is going from strength to strength. With all of last year’s places filled, AIM and partner BDRC-Continental, have just announced a further 80 places. For the first time,… Read more

With enforced closure while they mended the leaky roof, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History embarked on a programme to ensure that they were never far from the public’s thoughts. Scott Billings of the OUNH tells us how they… Read more

Twitter UK, Italy, Spain and France are coming together this week for #MuseumWeek – a week long event to help encourage museums and potential visitors to use Twitter to share. Mar Dixon, passionate supporter of both museums and Twitter has… Read more

Since its opening on the 18th December 2013, the new Stonehenge exhibition and visitor centre has welcomed over 50,000 visitors. The centre makes dramatic use of high resolution projection technology to help visitors learn about one of the world’s most… Read more

As the Ministry of Curiosity we aim to bring to the public the best of London’s museum-centric social life through our blog and twitter. That means that we need to be at the centre of all things wonderful and museum-y… Read more

Subject Specialist Networks are relied upon by museums for knowledge exchange, peer to peer communication and sharing good practice. Paolo Viscardi of the Horniman Museum and member of two SSN’s tells Advisor why these knowledge networks are so important. Read more

One of the UK’s leading suppliers of design, furnishings and resources to libraries, museums and academic organisations, Demco Europe, is hosting a focus group on Thursday 27 March. Read more

Culture 24, in partnership with gift experience providers Activity Superstore, are busy putting together a brand new range of experiences which will give people the chance to gain exclusive access to museums and cultural experiences. Aimed at families, adults and… Read more

Following discussions between the two companies, The Hub Limited have now become the newest member of the BECK MBI Group. Read more

After years of planning, English Heritage has nearly completed the works aimed at transforming the visitor experience at Stonehenge. With an improved landscape setting, a new exhibition and visitor centre and interpretation displays to engage and inspire visitors, the new… Read more

Derby’s former industrial museum, The Silk Mill, has been transformed over the last 18 months into a modern hub where people can not only be inspired by Derby’s creative past, but get involved in its future. Advisor spoke to Hannah… Read more

Advisor spoke to three organisations about how they plan and use interactivity in their galleries and exhibitions. From encouraging families to enjoy museums together through simple mechanical interactives, to keeping up with the technology that people now carry in their… Read more

The Museum of Methodism and John Wesley’s House, the house in which Wesley lived between 1778 until his death in 1791, explore the story of Methodism from its origins in the 18th century to the present day. The museum re-opened… Read more

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced funding of nearly £5m towards two natural heritage projects: the UK-wide ‘Saving our Magnificent Meadows’ and ‘The Great Heath Living Landscape’ in South West England. These projects will bring together a variety of… Read more

People in Castleford have aspired to a museum of their own for over 50 years, and in December 2013 those wishes were at last fulfilled when the new Castleford Forum Library and Museum opened. Dave Evans, Museum Curatorial & Collections… Read more

The arts community is currently one of the hottest areas of crowdfunding activity. Advisor spoke to two different institutions to see how they have used crowdfunding. One is funding a permanent gallery, one a temporary art installation. Is this a… Read more