Photo caption: Renee Caley, Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Marketing Manager with Matthew Richardson, Curator, Manx National Heritage  Manx National Heritage and the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham have reunited the two bikes that participated in what is widely recognised as the greatest TT race of all time. Carl Fogarty’s Loctite Yamaha 0W01, owned by Manx ...

written by Chrissy Partheni The NWFED is committed to the role of museums and cultural providers play in promoting equality and human rights issues.  Given this commitment and the range of recent different projects across the North on LGBT communities and histories, we chose to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia by offering the opportunity for different practitioners to come together and discuss their practices. The event ...

Headland has been providing heritage design and consultancy services for more than 20 years. We particularly enjoy our projects in the north-west, often in museums that we visit with our families or where we already know the staff and volunteers. I was Museum Officer at the Cheshire Military Museum in Chester, when I first met the Headland team, who were ...

In partnership with National Museums Liverpool, the University of Leicester recently unveiled the world’s first museum studies Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). MOOCs are online courses with unlimited participation. ‘Behind the scenes at the 21st Century museum’ is a six-week course, comprising of two hours a week. Since it was launched, 4,000 people have signed up for the course which ...

The £790,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is supported by match funding of over £50,000 from the Wolfson Foundation. The HLF support will fund three key initiatives getting underway early in 2015 as part of the museum’s ‘Window on the World’ project. The first strand will see new exhibitions and interactive displays created, including hands on activities for visitors ...

The Paranakan Museum in Singapore is part of the Asian Civilizations Museum, managed by the National Heritage Board. In the Malay language, Paranakan means “child of” or “born” and is used to describe people of diverse ethnicity. The collections are exhibited in a handsome 1912 building that used to house the Tao Tan Chinese School. Through a series of themed ...

It’s official: the Whitworth reopens on 14 February 2015. And to celebrate the gallery’s development – alongside ten opening exhibitions, new commissions indoors and out, and the remarkable achievements of MUMA (McInnes Usher McKnight Architects) – they have put together a Valentine weekend’s worth of art, music, talks, walks, performance, literature, family fun and a fire and light show. For ...

written by Emma Sumner Artist, Curator and Writer hello@emmasumner.com www.emmasumner.com The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, was established in 2010 by the avid and well respected collector Kiran Nadar who had the vision to establish a space in which she could share and grow her extensive collection of South Asian Modern and Contemporary art.  India’s first philanthropic museum, the KNMA ...

We are so pleased that different organisations join the NWFED and we are always keen to visit and discuss important issues with our new members. The Manchester Metropolitan University's Special Collections is a brilliant example of how university collections are central to the teaching and training for staff and students. The collections are a great resource not just for the ...

The Chancellor, George Osborne MP, has announced a £3million investment to help create a stunning new temporary exhibition space at the Museum of Science & Industry. Speaking at the official launch of European City of Science 2016 at the Museum, attended by the city’s leading science and business figures, the Chancellor set out further Government plans to prioritise science investment ...

I’m in Singapore for a few months and thought NW Fed members might like to hear about some of the museums in the city. My wife, who is a scientist, is working here for six months and I had just come to the end of a couple of big projects at Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust, so decided to take the ...

written by Emma Sumner Artist, Curator and Writer Email: hello@emmasumner.com Tweet Me: @emmasumnerart Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmasumnerart www.emmasumner.com Anokhi is a brand more commonly associated with the sale of specialist products such as appliqué, embroidery, patchwork and bead work, made by traditional craftspeople in and around the Indian city of Jaipur.  Established in the early 1970s by Faith Singh and J.P. `John' ...