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Happy Pride from Belfast! The rainbow flag is flying all over City Centre and a week of queer-themed events has begun in the lead-up to...
SHHH! Museums are often thought of as being quiet spaces, for contemplation and learning. But some museums are embracing the power of music to create...
Why should kids have all the fun? Museums have an incredible potential to not only educate adults, but also engage and entertain them. Through using...
Take a look through artist opportunities pages and residencies spring up in the most inspiring and surprising spaces, from a residency on a container ship...
It’s a given that employees will perform better when they are healthy, happy, and motivated. By supporting staff wellbeing, employers are setting themselves up to...
When the world closed down in 2020, heritage and culture reached out. The sector engaged in its incredible and innovative rush to digital triggered by...
The process of translating an idea and opening your doors as a museum can be a challenging and foreboding process. To help give insight on...
When you look at the museum sector as a whole, it is incredibly diverse. Nearly every aspect of human history, scientific research, creative arts and...
How do museums get cute, naughty and playful? Chinese museums have been tackling this question in hopes of appealing to the young audience. Museums in...
My strategy here, my vision for a more global and distributed museum, is that we provide experiences for people all over the world Ngaire Blankenberg...
Exhibition making is a creative process and as such, there are thankfully no absolute rules as to what can make a project soar or slump....
If you are here because you are wondering how to get a job in a museum. Welcome! If you are here because of the wave...
We’ve witnessed unimaginable human adaptability this year, with new ways of working, digital transformation and bold action. We’ve learnt that in challenging circumstances, we can...
A crisis. A pause. A reimagining of what we are, what we need to stand for, who we are doing all of this for… This...
What type of travelling exhibition models shall be sustainable in a post-COVID 19 scenario? We have come to think of the industry as being prevalently...
There are not so many successful cases of cooperation between large commercial brands and small (often non-profit) museums. Here is the story of how a...
We have heard about it for days, weeks and months on end. It has been the yardstick of success and the reason for concerns that...
In 2006, Blake Mycoskie was in Argentina learning to play Polo, when a chance encounter changed his life. A conversation in a bar introduced him...
How to appeal to the young crowd? In Europe, museums are very experienced in creating night adventures, silent discos and more for local youngsters. However,...
In the town of Enterprise, Alabama stands an unusual monument, a statue of a woman holding a pedestal high above her head and in it...
As Museum professionals, we have an existential choice to make about who and what we want to be. In today’s climate of social activism, one...
Representation is a delicate subject and cultural institutions must work hard to ensure a range of voices are heard. Diversity is a very loaded word,...
So, your museum is closed. Your employees, like your visitors, are sheltering in place. You have heard some great success stories of museums having an...
If, like me, you don’t know your atoms from your electrons, being asked to create a science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) exhibition can seem...
If art and culture is all about connecting with an audience, then what can museums do to cement this relationship? Is it a case of...
