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In a busy and stressful world, practising mindfulness can be a gateway to navigating the more challenging aspects of our lifestyles. Museums and galleries can...
Increasingly, museums are recognising the importance of supporting staff and volunteers with a programme of support to assist in the delivery of emotional or traumatic...
As we’ve emerged from the pandemic and cultural venues began to open their doors again, the question on every museum professional’s lips has been: how...
As the home of King George III while receiving treatment during his periods of severe ill mental health, Kew Palace is no stranger to the...
Maintaining and looking after museum exhibitions can have a measurable effect on an institution’s environmental impact. With one eye on the future and an appreciation...
Ask a Curator Day started in 2010 in an effort to harness Twitter’s networking power to drum up some direct engagement with curators across the...
TikTok is one of the fastest growing social media platforms and in 2021 had more online traffic than Google. As its growth and engagement numbers...
Working to make museums accessible to a bigger, broader and more varied audience is something that we can all agree on. But as we are...
Could it be that the benefits of the museum space go far beyond education? Museums have always been upheld as hubs of knowledge and culture;...
It’s no longer enough for museums to simply serve as monuments to preservation — they must now focus on conservation, as well. As climate change...
Although TikTok is still considered to be the new social media kid on the block, it’s incredible growth in recent years makes it hard to...
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...
To address the urgency of our climate crisis, exhibitions highlighting destructive environmental actions –particularly ocean plastic consumption – have become increasingly popular. In an effort...
Taking a closer look at whether museums and NFTs are a match made in heaven or if there’s good reason for institutions to remain cautious...
Just what are visitors doing when they visit museums and galleries? It’s a question asked by many museum professionals and one which Smartify is seeking...
The Fernández Blanco Museum, in the City of Buenos Aires is hosting an interactive exhibition called “The art of self-examination”, which aims to help women...
The State Library of New South Wales started two online after school programs during the pandemic; Art Club and Young Writer’s Club. Art Club is...
Could the curators of your next exhibition be in the classrooms of your local schools? The Harley Gallery recently partnered with 3 local schools to...
In this digital age, 89% of people use online reviews as “social proof” to help them make decisions on which museums and attractions they should...
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland have been commissioning creatives to share archaeological finds in a new and interesting way. In 2020, they hired a...
All museums and galleries agree that accessibility is important in a museum space. But it is something that is difficult to achieve. Budgets are tight,...
Many museums provide engaging and educational activities for children, but these tend to be geared towards those age five and above. The Museum of Communication...