Last Friday we were treated to a brilliant double session themed on Asia and hosted by Manchester Museum. Catherine Lumb, Learning and Engagement Co-ordinator, told us about the current exhibition from India, then Bryan Sitch, Deputy Head of Collections and Archaeology, described his research in advance of planned displays about China. Bryan said that the arrival of Esme Ward as Director in ...

Museum Development North West has released their latest annual report for 2018-19. Detailing the investment and delivery of MDNW's programme in 2018-2019, the report shows the impact of the work the MDNW team has undertaken in the museums sector across the five counties of the North West. Museum Development is funded by Arts Council England (ACE) over four years; 2018-19 ...

MMU's special collections are central to the artistic culture and teaching of the faculty and have been since its foundation as the Manchester School of Art in 1853. The collection holds a great range of unique source material held at the Sir Kenneth Green Library, including: the Children's Book Collection; the Manchester School of Art Collection; the Manchester Society of ...

Manx National Heritage is the trading name of the Manx Museum and National Trust. They take the lead in protecting, conserving, making available and celebrating the Island’s natural and cultural heritage for current and future generations, whilst contributing to the Island’s prosperity and quality of life. ...

The National Football Museum looks after football’s past, present and future. It explains how and why football has become ‘the people’s game’, a key part of England’s heritage and way of life. It also aims to explain why England is the home of football, the birthplace of the world’s most popular sport. ...

The Macclesfield Silk Heritage Trust is an independent charity established in 1987 to champion the incredible history of Macclesfield and the surrounding area through its collections and museums, which include The Silk Museum, Paradise Mill, West Park Museum, and The Old Sunday School. Their mission is to celebrate and share the extraordinary story of Macclesfield; a story of creativity, industry ...

Warrington Museum and Art Gallery is one of the oldest museums in the country and provides an award-winning programme of events, temporary exhibitions, and regular free family-friendly craft activities throughout the year. It is now managed by Culture Warrington which was formed in 2012, and delivers the ever-popular Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival. ...

Norton Priory is the most excavated monastic site in Europe. Boasting the ruins of an Abbey, 12th century undercroft, and an 18th century Walled Garden, it is located within an oasis of tranquil woodland and wildflower meadows. The new museum displays thousands of artefacts from Norton’s 900 year history including the internationally significant 14th century statue of St Christopher. ...

HRH The Prince of Wales is welcomed onboard Osprey by John Eaton, David Dunlop, Paul Pearson and Ian Shirra at Windermere Jetty. Photo Jan Chlebik After an extensive £20 million development project by Lakeland Arts, the Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories finally opened to the public earlier this year on the 23 March.  Following its public opening, ...

The University of Manchester and Manchester City Council have today announced that Alistair Hudson, currently Director of the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima), will be the new Director of Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth. Alistair will take up his role in the New Year. He succeeds Maria Balshaw at the Whitworth and Manchester Art Gallery following her appointment ...

The Family Friendly Museum Award is the biggest museum award in Britain and the only award where families pick the winner. Earlier this year we received over 700 nominations from families and museums that were whittled down to a shortlist of ten. These were then road-tested by our family judges against the eight points in the Kids in Museums Mini ...

The Harris Museum, Art Gallery and Library in Preston has a long track record of partnership working with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). During the last twenty years this has taken many forms from placements and paid internships for students to the development of joint artistic programmes between the two organisations. In Certain Places was set up in 2003 ...