This exhibition complements Death: the human experience, which opened in October 2015 and aims to encourage debate and discussion around end of life choices as the current law on assisted dying in the UK is undergoing scrutiny. Curators have chosen… Read more

The “Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph” tapestry hangs against the back wall of the Lady Chapel at the north end of the cathedral church of St Michael, Coventry and commands the focus of attention for anyone… Read more

National Museum of African American History and Culture Scheduled to open in September 2016, the museum is under construction on the National Mall in Washington, DC on a five-acre tract adjacent to the Washington Monument. The National Museum of… Read more

Flying Scotsman The record-breaking locomotive has been painstakingly restored over the past decade and the result is set to be unveiled later this month. Following this the steam engine will be the focus of a… Read more

JANUARY January started off with Museums + Heritage Advisor in the midst of a website redesign and our first of a series of In Focus features on Controlling the Environment was published. We also reported on the… Read more

Using technology in museums can start from the smallest of organisations creating a Twitter account to engage and pass on essential information to their audience to more ambitious projects such as Kendal Museum in Cumbria digitising its entire natural history… Read more

The Lost Palace launched an open competition in the summer to design a visitor experience that will utilise state-of-the-art digital storytelling to enable visitors to experience and reimagine the lost history of Whitehall Palace, the seat of many nation-changing events. Read more

When architectural practice ZMMA were chosen to redesign the V&A’s Europe Galleries in 2011 they found the 1909 architecture of Sir Aston Webb had been covered up by a 1970s refit, leaving lowered ceilings, covered up windows and a notable… Read more

What were the aims and objectives of the new ticketing and CRM systems at the V&A? The overriding objective of the new ticketing and CRM system is to create a single, accurate 360 degree view of a customer’s… Read more

In October 2014 the lengthy conservation project to turn the former Newman Brothers Coffin Works, which made coffin furniture between 1894 and 1999, into an industrial heritage attraction was complete and the doors were open to the public. But aside… Read more