The Future Brunels Programme: Highly Commended in the Educational Initiative category… Read more

House of Memories Northern Model: Winner in the Educational Initiative category… Read more

Highly Commended in the Permanent Exhibition category… Read more

The Whole Story Project – Highly Commended in the Permanent Exhibition category… Read more

Winner in the Customer Service category… Read more

Winner in the Marketing Campaign category - Walrus on the Move… Read more

Caught in the Crossfire: Artistic Responses to Conflict, Peace and Reconciliation. Highly Commended in the Temporary or Touring Exhibition category… Read more

Visitor Finder is a new initiative designed specifically to support museums in obtaining and using information about their visitors to help to inform their work across advocacy, business planning, engagement and marketing. Visitor Finder is the museums strand of the… Read more

This case study describes the day to day activities of a small, local, volunteer run museum - the Wymondham Heritage Museum. Pip Woodward reports from life on the front line of museum management. Read more

Crossrail is one of Europe’s largest civil infrastructure projects. Construction of the railway involves excavation at around 40 sites right across the historic city, a history that dates back to the last ice ages. The project provides an unprecedented opportunity… Read more

Roma Patel is one of two Nottingham Trent University researchers working closely with Nottingham Castle and Nottingham-based Hot Knife Digital Media to develop storyline, script and interaction for a new augmented reality app. Called Riot 1831@Nottingham Castle, the project will… Read more

Whatever the evidence may be of a burgeoning recovery on the high street, happy days are certainly here again in the heritage industries. Monica Lucas, founder, Pragma Consulting, looks at how museums are tempting visitors to spend in both catering… Read more

Interdisciplinary research and engaging with wider audiences are key to the new Oxford University initiative TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. TORCH’s Humanitas Visiting Professorship Programme is one of the ways in which this is done through… Read more

The 10th anniversary of the Foundling Museum sees an exhibition featuring four reinterpretations of the Rakes Progress, alongside original Hogarth prints from 1735. Read more

Kathryn Box, Marketing Officer at Manchester Museum, explores the museum‘s all-important communication channels. Read more

As a museum, with precious funds, the last thing you want is for a project to cost more than you expected. Read more

Environmentally friendly practices are crucial to the museums and heritage sector and museums increasingly need to model green behavior and sustainability, from recycling to managing energy use. Patricia Mandeville of Cynergin and Declan Rajasingham of the Natural History Museum encourage… Read more

After a £10m project to give it a new home, Shrewsbury’s new Museum & Art Gallery at The Music Hall has finally opened its doors. Read more

The rise in cooperation between museums globally has meant the need for secure, efficient and effective transport and storage of museum artefacts and fine art has never been greater. As the number of loans has increased, curators have necessarily become… Read more

The winners of the Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2014 have been announced, with visitor attractions from across the UK being recognised for their remarkable achievements. Read more