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Blood, sweat and tears – the story of Nelson, Navy & Nation
Advisor spoke to co-founder and Creative Director Dinah Casson and Design Associate Craig Riley, from exhibition design company Casson Mann, about the role of exhibition design in retelling the story of Nelson at the National Maritime Museum. Read more
Incredible fashion archive and textile collections under one roof at the V&A’s Clothworkers’ Centre
The Clothworkers’ Centre for Textiles and Fashion Study and Conservation has been built for 'the study, enjoyment and care' of the V&A’s outstanding textiles and fashion collections. Advisor spoke to the V&A to find out more about the specialist facilities… Read more
Audio description: What difference can it make for your visitors?
Museums increasingly present immersive and multi-sensory experiences; but how well does this work for blind and partially sighted visitors? A challenge taken-up by VocalEyes in working with museums and heritage sites is to make such experiences inclusive and meaningful for… Read more
The Travelling Museum of British Invention
After nearly two years of planning, The Travelling Museum of British Invention is on the road. Produced by Sing London, the participatory arts organisation, this museum on a bus aims to lift the public's spirit, arouse curiosity and celebrate world-changing… Read more
Telling history through digital media
How do you mark the 40th anniversary of a colliery disaster, especially when all remains of the pit have been wiped from the landscape?… Read more
Collider at the Science Museum
How do you curate an exhibition about something you can’t even see? This ambitious exhibition is dedicated to one of the greatest endeavours in the history of subatomic physics research. The sheer size of the Large Hadron Collider and the… Read more
The Coventry Music Museum, The Dawning Of A New Era
The Coventry Music Museum is the brainchild of Pete Chambers. He tells Advisor about its development from market stall to museum. Read more
STAR WARS: Where Science Meets Imagination
After a 20 venue international journey, seen by more than 2.8 million people around the world, Star Wars makes its final stop at The Tech Museum of Innovation, California. Pete Adams is the Traveling Exhibits Project Manager and he told… Read more
Friends of Cleethorpes Heritage
With no local museum but a heritage worth celebrating, a small group of people set up Friends of Cleethorpes Heritage (FOCH) in 2010. Whilst Cleethorpes and Grimsby might have a linked heritage, the people of Cleethorpes are keen to celebrate… Read more
proportion>london collaborate with London’s Design Museum on Paul Smith Exhibition
London’s Design Museum recently launched exhibition ‘HELLO MY NAME IS PAUL SMITH’ demonstrates the development of seminal British fashion designer Paul Smith and his eponymous fashion label. proportion>london are thrilled to have been invited to collaborate with this respected institution… Read more
Made in Manchester…
Find out how the Valuing Older People Team (Public Health unit) created a cultural offering to the local older audience. Sherry de Wynter, Valuing Older People Cultural Offer Manager talks to Advisor. Read more
Leveraging the value in your collections
How the National Gallery make the most of commercial opportunities while balancing the core values of the gallery and the strategic objectives of the Trust. Judith Mather, Buying and Merchandise Director at the Gallery, talks to Advisor. Read more
Case Study:Improving the storage for manuscript collections at Pitt Rivers Museum
The Pitt Rivers Museum cares for the University of Oxford’s collection of anthropology and world archaeology. The Museum’s Manuscript Collections include the papers of notable early anthropologists and curators associated with the Museum, items relating to the Museum’s foundation and… Read more
Case Study: Winchester College provides greater access to their picture collections
Winchester College is opening a new public access museum of the decorative arts in autumn 2014. Rachel Wragg is Museum Development Manager at the School: “Winchester College owns a significant collection of some 360 watercolours representing most of the main… Read more
Case Study: Updating Collections Storage at the National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery’s overarching project was to upgrade all on-site collections storage. The project was broken down into a number of phases programmed over 2012 - 2013. The discreet part, which Polstore Storage Systems Limited was commissioned to work… Read more
The £1.7m Sacrewell Watermill Restoration Project is recruiting for a Project Officer
Sacrewell Farm & Country Centre, owned and managed by the William Scott Abbott Trust, is a popular Farm Attraction located to the west of Peterborough with 80,000 visitors a year. The William Scott Abbott Trust has been awarded funding from… Read more
New smartphone-app technology promises to be revolutionary
A new, affordable and creative technology is promising to revolutionise the smartphone app Visitor Guide. Nick Crossland, Online Producer at Rckt tells us more. Read more
David Hockney: Early Reflections at the Walker Art Gallery
Latest exhibition leads to development of new merchandise for Walker. Advisor talks to Ann Bukantas, Head of Fine Art, National Museums Liverpool. Read more
The Power of Benchmarking the Visitor Experience
BDRC Continental talk to Advisor about opportunities for attractions to harness the power of benchmarking to inform their future investments in money and time. Read more
SCIENCE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN: ENSURING ACCURACY, ENGAGING YOUNG MINDS
Usborne Publishing has recently been named Independent Publisher of the Year and Independent Children’s Publisher of the Year 2014. Read more