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Ask a Curator

Richard Linington — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:22:18 +0000

Definitely worth looking at: “Ask a Curator brings together passionate experts from museums and galleries around the world to answer your questions on art, history and science.”

Museums Association Renaissance Survey

Richard Linington — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 07:15:10 +0000

The Museums Association Renaissance Survey research report has been published. “The Museums Association recently surveyed the nine Renaissance Hubs to assess the potential impact of cuts to the Renaissance in the Regions programme. The results of the survey points to a future of declining services, falling visitor numbers and potential mothballing of collections if funding for Renaissance in the Regions is cut.” Read the rest of the Renaissance Survey.

Portsmouth Natural History Museum

Richard Linington — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:47:16 +0000

Engaging with audiences.

What does a curator do?

Richard Linington — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:47:27 +0000

What does a curator do? Careers information on the Guardian’s website http://bit.ly/bSfH2H

National Brewery Centre

Richard Linington — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:44:49 +0000

The National Brewery Centre, managed by our sister company, gets a mention in the LA Times.

Culture Grid

Richard Linington — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:00:27 +0000

Culture Grid is an online resource which brings together over one million objects from a range of libraries, museums and archives. This has the potential to engage with new audiences who may not traditionally have visited a museum or archives. Culture Grid

Training grant

Richard Linington — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:25:48 +0000

The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded the museum and botanic garden arm of the University of Oxford a £400,000 grant. This grant will provide placements for graduates to train as education officers for the heritage sector. Twelve trainees will spend 18 months working with collections, understanding new technology and working in volunteer management. The training will take place across five different sites, inlcuding The Ashmolean Museum, the Oxford Unviversity Museum of Natural History, the Pitt Rivers Museum, the Oxford Botanic Garden adn Harcourt Arboretum, and the Museum of the History of Science.

Sea City Museum

Richard Linington — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:38:39 +0000

Southampton City Council are planning to develop a new museum. The Sea City Museum will be located in the Cultural Quarter and will focus on the City’s maritime and archeological heritage, including links to the Titanic. The project has received £4.6 million in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Ulster Museum

Richard Linington — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:48:02 +0000

The £100,000 Art Fund Prize, for museums and galleries, has been awarded to the Ulster Museum, Belfast. The museum has undergone a £17.8m refurbishment, which took three years. The refurbishment included new galleries – interactive learning zones, the Applied Art Gallery, Window of Our World and the reconfiguration of the listed building.

SS Robin

Richard Linington — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:25:33 +0000

SS Robin, is thought to be the oldest steamer in the world (launched in 1890) and has completed a two year £1.9m refit and will be transported to its new home on the River Thames as a floating museum. SS Robin has a strong education and learning offer. The steamer is listed on the National Historic Fleet register. Image credits: Top black and white archive image Ambrose Greenway and lower image Kampfner Ltd.