News
Law Commission’s programme for law reform includes museum collections 11/01/2018
Reform will make it easier to deal with collection items with no acquisition records. »more
Things are better than you think – Manchester Museum pilots a values-based approach 11/01/2018
Practical effects of a 'values' based approach on everything from visitor-volunteer relations, to donations and the museum shop. »more
Eleven bids to the Northern Cultural Regeneration Fund 07/12/2017
Bids include museum proposals in Blackpool, Cumbria and Liverpool. »more
Museums reaching whole communities: record figures in Edinburgh and Manchester 07/12/2017
Both museums have tripled visitors over a decade. »more
NMDC responds to Mendoza Review 07/12/2017
Read NMDC's response to The Mendoza Review and the Strategic review of DCMS-sponsored national museums. »more
DCMS launches Heritage Statement 07/12/2017
DCMS has published a Heritage Statement, giving the government’s ‘direction and priorities’ for heritage in the next few years. »more
Review of the Heritage Lottery Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund 07/12/2017
DCMS has published its findings following a Review of HLF and NHMF. »more
Julie’s Bicycle publishes Museums Environmental Framework 07/12/2017
The report describes progress and brings together examples of innovation and good practice from across the sector. »more
Interviewing the amygdala: National Trust uses MRI machine for research 06/11/2017
Insights about reactions to heritage from brain scanning. »more
An Ark of new species: discovering new animals in natural history collections 06/11/2017
Natural history collections in museums have become as important as forays into the wild for discovering new species. »more