Category: Regional
Annual Museum Survey – Results Published
Museum Development England have revealed the results of the Annual Museum Survey for 2024. The 2024 Annual Museum Survey, which surveyed non-National museums in spring this year, provides a comprehensive report on the operating context of museums in England. The findings highlight the ongoing impact of the cost-of-living crisis, and the resulting pressures placed on […]
Museums with Gold Collections – Updated Security Advice
Security review for museums with gold collections With recent reports of increased break-ins at museums across England who have collections of gold items, Valentina Sabucco, Security and Protection Advice Manager for Arts Council England has some advice to share: “With the steady increase of gold prices since October 2023, golden items may continue to attract […]
Cliffe Castle Museum: The Human Effect – A Different Approach to Climate Change
‘The Human Effect’ is a new display at Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley, West Yorkshire, using natural history and art collections to take an empowering approach to climate change. Cliffe Castle is one of the four sites run by Bradford District Museums and Galleries. Previously home to a family of wealthy textile industrialists, the museum […]
Two Northern Museums To Pilot Sensational Museum Project
The Sensational Museum Project aims to rethink the role of senses in all aspects of museum work, from accession, cataloguing and collections, through to curating, exhibitions and the visitor experience. The £1m initiative is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and supported by a range of industry partners, including the Museums Association. Ten […]
Whitby Museum – Our Lasses Exhibition
Our Lasses: Inspirational Women of Whitby is running until December 2024 at Whitby Museum. Our Lasses looks at some of the women who have helped shape Whitby, the famous and infamous, the ordinary to the flamboyant! From St Hild to Beth Mead, Whitby has forged many great women. Find out about the struggle for Votes […]
Sheffield Stories – Caribbean Stories
A new exhibition has been created in partnership with co-curators from Sheffield’s African Caribbean community at Weston Park Museum. Bringing together archive material and personal mementoes, photographs, film and much more, Caribbean Footsteps celebrates the many ways that people of African Caribbean heritage have contributed to Sheffield life. This new exhibition explores the stories of […]
The Saltaire Collection – Digitalisation Programme
The Saltaire Collection has created a series of online resources using their MODES collections database records. All 6,000 of its catalogued items including documents, photographs, maps, plans, newspaper cuttings, artworks, books and objects are accessible online and the team have already digitised 12% of the collection. Over the summer the team will also be adding […]
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024 – Finalists from the Region
Two museums from the northern region have been shortlisted for the 2024 Art Fund Museum of the Year Award. Craven Museum in Skipton, North Yorkshire and the Manchester Museum have been recognised for their focus on community engagement and sustainability. The 3 other museums to be shortlisted are: Dundee Contemporary Arts (Dundee) National Portrait Gallery […]
Chief executive to leave Scarborough Museums and Galleries
The chief executive of Scarborough Museums and Galleries (SMG), Andrew Clay, is leaving to take up a new role. Andrew has been appointed as general manager of SEA LIFE Scarborough, and takes up his new position at the North Bay attraction on Monday 29 April. Trustees at SMG will be seeking a new incumbent for […]
Get Your House In Order – Collections Documentation Programme
Do you know what you have, where it is and who owns it? Can you afford not to know this? Our ‘Getting Your House in Order’ programme focuses on the planning and work required for museums to get their collections documentation in order. You can book now for our first 3 sessions, an Introduction to […]