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Deadline approaches for WIRP International Travel Grant Scheme
The Working Internationally Regional Project is offering a small number of travel grants to support non-national museums in England to work internationally. The grants could work for those museums that have international ambitions but are struggling to… Read more
Long-term resilience the theme of today’s Museums Galleries Scotland biennial conference
Fighting Fit: Ready for Anything is Museums Galleries Scotland’s third biennial conference and the conference programme spans a wide range of themes including governance and change management; creativity and enterprise; and responsiveness and agility. The day will focus on… Read more
Rare Union flag from Battle of Trafalgar goes on display at National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum display will show the Union flag flown at the Battle of Trafalgar from the HMS Minotaur in October 1805. It was acquired from the Church of St Mary’s Selling, Kent, the prize of Stephen Hilton,… Read more
RAMM joins forces with Exeter Dementia Action Alliance
The Exeter Dementia Action Alliance was created in January and will be formally launched at RAMM on 18 November and is a movement working towards a society-wide response to dementia. RAMM has been working with people with memory problems, their… Read more
Flying Scotsman to return as working museum exhibit after £4.2m conservation
The National Railway Museum has drawn up plans that will see, from early 2016, the reappearance of The Flying Scotsman around the UK as a working museum exhibit, demonstrating the engineering science behind steam traction to new generation. For… Read more
Glasgow’s Burrell Collection’s £66m refurbishment to begin in 2016
The announcement of the closure date marks the next milestone in the Burrell Collection’s ambitious plans to overhaul the roof, building fabric, interior and ageing plant, as well as creating an entirely new experience for visitors. The move follows a… Read more