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

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

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 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

As the public seeks ever more authentic and real, personal experiences of heritage in our leisure time, the gauntlet is thrown down to the interpretive designer and client to meet the demand. English Heritage and PLB have been exploring this… Read more

A new memorial centre to commemorate the sacrifices made by those involved in Scotland’s coal mining industry is shortlisted for two design awards. The project, completed by Purcell’s Edinburgh studio, is in the running for a Royal Incorporation of Architects… Read more

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

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

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

It’s no secret that museums, galleries and all other kinds of heritage sites are having to deal with budget cuts. At Guide ID we speak to hundreds of sites every year, all of which are very different. Some are National… Read more

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