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Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum announces first collaborative leadership role

  In an innovative new move, the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust has recently appointed two experienced museum professionals to job-share the role of museum manager at...

Museum of Home ‘Wants to Move Slave Owner Statue’

The Museum of the Home in London said that it is now considering moving a statue of a slave merchant that has been the cause...

Tomorrow’s Home – new museum exhibition explores the future of domesticity

University College London (UCL) and The Liminal Space have created Tomorrow’s Home: an interactive, multisensory exhibition set in 2050 launching at the Museum of the...

Museum of Science Partners with Roblox for ‘Destination Mars’

The Museum of Science in New England and the online gaming platform, Roblox, announced recently that they will jointly launch a new virtual experience that...

‘Superhero kids’ get vaccinated at Boston’s Museum of Science  

The Museum of Science in Boston has joined museums across the US to offer vaccines to children age five and over. Earlier this month the...

Prado Museum ‘Downgrades’ Salvator Mundi

A team of curators at the world-renowned Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid announced in November that they had officially downgraded one of the most...

M+ opens as ‘Asia’s first global museum of contemporary visual culture’

Following nine years of planning and construction Hong Kong’s M+ (Museum +) opened today in the newly established West Kowloon Cultural District. Architects Herzog &...

Tiqets 2021 Remarkable Venue Awards winners announced

Tiqets has announced the winners for the 5th annual Remarkable Venue Awards (RVAs), which celebrate the best museums and attractions around the world based on visitor reviews....

Museum of Plastic 2121 opens as virtual museum of the future

Try to imagine a future where single use plastic is only found in museums. It’s hard isn’t it? However, that’s exactly what the Museum of...

Barnes Foundation reveals Facebook censored marketing of its Suzanne Valadon exhibition

Barnes Foundation’s Deputy Director, Martha Lucy has revealed that a few months ago – while the gallery was preparing the marketing for its Suzanne Valadon:...

All Aboard the World’s First ‘Museum in the Sky’

The world’s first and – as yet – the only flying museum has been launched in Saudi Arabia. The service was begun from Riyadh to...

Special Needs Mum who is transforming disabled museum learning receives Radical Changemaker award

Sam Bowen, a museum professional and special needs mum, has been recognised as a Radical Changemaker at the Museums Association’s Museums Change Lives Awards 2021....

National Gallery Explores Links to Slavery

Like many long-standing British institutions, the National Gallery has decided that the time is now right to explore any historical links it might have to...

Researchers partner with museums to promote tolerant teaching of British History to schoolchildren

A new research project – with the core aim of promoting tolerance through the education of British History to schoolchildren – will lead to the...

The Wall/El Muro exhibition challenges visitors’ understanding of US-Mexico border

The Wall/El Muro: What is a Border Wall? exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington DC, which opened at the weekend, aims provide understanding to...

World’s first publicly accessible art museum storage facility opens to public

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen will open its doors to the public this weekend allowing visitors to explore the museum collection of 151,000 objects and see...

The Natural History Museum sets targets of net zero emissions by 2035

The museum’s Sustainable by Nature plan sets a carbon reduction target, which aligns with the scale of reductions required to keep global warming below a 1.5°C rise from pre-industrial...

National Museum Cardiff removes portrait of slave-owner Thomas Picton

A portrait of Welsh slave owner Sir Thomas Picton – on display for more than 100 years – labelling him a war hero has been...

Porsche to Build Museum and Race Track in Toronto

The globally renowned German car manufacturer, Porsche, has announced it will build what is being billed as a ‘high-octane tourist attraction’ including a racing track...

Acid Attack Portraits On Show At the Uffizi Gallery

The Uffizi Gallery in Florence has made use of its unique collection to contextualize the portraits of people who have been subjected to horrific acid...

Curating for Change: £1m programme to put disabled curators into museums

Curating for Change, a ground-breaking work placement programme for D/deaf and disabled curators in museums, has partnered with 27 cultural organisations across England to redress...

Artist creates COP26 forest as world leaders pledge to end deforestation

Artist Es Devlin has fashioned a parallel conference at COP26 in Glasgow with a temporary forest of 197 trees to represent each of the parties...

Future of world’s first Science Gallery in Dublin hangs in the balance

The Science Gallery Dublin, which opened at Trinity College in 2008 as ‘a new space to ignite curiosity and discovery where science and art collide’...

Hannah Fry Steps Down as Science Museum Trustee Over Sponsorship Deal With Coal Giant

Two esteemed scientists who had until recently sat on the board of the Science Museum Group have resigned from their respective roles in quick succession....