2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (449+ words) New law will bring big changes to how UK museums operate in Europe Museums and galleries in the UK must prepare to comply with new rules around packaging and waste introduced by the European Union this month. The Packaging and…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (393+ words) The Lake District attraction is moving closer to Keswick town centre The Derwent Pencil Museum in Keswick will begin a new chapter this autumn when it relocates to a larger premises closer to the town centre. The Lake District attraction…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (579+ words) The sector will have more space to emphasise its unique qualities in the next funding round, says Aysha Afridi You can't work in the cultural sector for as long as I have without being profoundly aware of how much museums…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (383+ words) Museum to unveil 'hidden' space not seen by visitors since the second world war The Natural History Museum (NHM) in London will open an experimental gallery in September exploring people's relationship with the natural world through 50 objects – from a 400,000-year-old…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (226+ words) London’s Cinema Museum has launched a fundraising campaign to safeguard its internationally important collection and historic home. The public appeal, Buy Our Home, seeks to raise £500,000 by December to secure the future of the museum's site in Kennington, South London....

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (440+ words) Simon Tansley, the director of London’s Bow Street Museum of Crime and Justice, discusses a project inspired by the writer Oscar Wilde It came from the museum’s 19th-century wooden dock from Court No 2 in the former Bow Street Magistrate’s Court....

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (627+ words) It has been a difficult first half of the year for many museums and cultural attractions. For many organisations, it is a continuation of last year’s trends: a slow first quarter, increased sensitivity to weather, ongoing cost-of-living pressures and a…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1002+ words) The sector is increasingly turning to short-term campaigns when in urgent need of money – but this approach must be used sparingly With finances so tight in the sector, museums are increasingly turning to emergency fundraising campaigns – short-term appeals for when…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1327+ words) There is some disquiet about the system’s current direction of travel, despite record numbers of finds in recent years On the surface, these are boom times for Treasure finds – the latest annual report for the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) and…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (690+ words) The Arctic Corsair’s final journey was a delicate operation The historic sidewinder trawler, the Arctic Corsair – which is managed by Hull Museums and its project Hull Maritime – has reached its final destination. She has been dry berthed at the city’s…...