The theme of the event is access and participation and will look at how museums can use UX techniques to find out how people interact with our spaces. Dr Frankie Wilson, Head of Assessment at the… Read more

This year works on show at Tate Britain are by Anthea Hamilton, Helen Marten, Michael Dean, and Josephine Pryde will share the £40,000 prize fund with £25,000 going to the winner and £5,000 each for the other shortlisted… Read more

The Workforce Development Conference is organised by RPM and funded by Arts Council England (ACE) under its Major Partner Museum programme. The conference announcement follows a new report published this week – The Character Matters: Attitudes, behaviours… Read more

The competition, which was acknowledged today by Prime Minister Theresa May at Prime Minister’s Questions, is the next step in creating a new national landmark next to Parliament in Victoria Tower Gardens. It will demonstrate the UK’s… Read more

AIM commissioned the study, Taking Charge: evaluating the evidence, and its accompanying guide for people running museums Successfully Setting Admissions Policy and Pricing from DC Research, in partnership with ACE and the Welsh Government. The… Read more

HLF and ACE have launched a pilot scheme, outlined in the government’s Culture White Paper, in partnership with UK innovation foundation Nesta and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) that aims to benefit a variety… Read more

From next month work will begin on the refurbishment of the Grade A category building and redisplay of the Burrell Collection that will allow more than 90 per cent of the 9,000-strong collection to be redisplayed with… Read more

In a summer when the V&A was named Art Fund Museum of the Year its director Martin Roth has announced that he will be stepping down following recent interviews with a German broadcaster pointing to his disillusionment over Britain’s vote… Read more

The STEAM Symposium: Laboratory of Visual Exploration is in partnership with the… Read more

The Novium Museum in Chichester has announced that it will be showcasing the extraordinary journey of astronaut Tim Peake from growing up in the town to becoming the first British European Space Agency astronaut in a new exhibition Tim Peake… Read more

Royal Society launches grants for small museums to celebrate scientific heroes Local Heroes scheme now open for applications with grant funding of up to £3,000 available to small museums and galleries to champion exceptional discoveries in science from around the… Read more