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Front runner | Shoemakers Museum, Street, Somerset
12+ hour, 19+ min ago (598+ words) Walter Bobbett, who was employed for more than 60 years by Clarks shoes,wrote this of the shoemaking processes he was involved in: Three galleries tell the story of shoemaking in Street, the first setting the scene of how the once…...
Sector pays tribute to Neil Cossons
19+ hour, 57+ min ago (468+ words) The sector has been sharing memories of Neil Cossons, the influential former Science Museum director who died on 29 March. Cossons, who was also a historian and industrial heritage expert, was the director of the Science Museum from 1986 until 2000. During his…...
British Museum’s controversial forecourt plans given green light
19+ hour, 1+ min ago (702+ words) A project to revamp the British Museum's forecourt to create a civic space and reduce visitor queues has been granted planning permission by Camden Council " despite objections that design proposals will negatively impact on the architectural merit of the 19th-century…...
Royal Marines Experience launches fundraising push ahead of summer opening
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (597+ words) The National Museum of the Royal Navy has launched a fundraising campaign to raise the final "2.5m needed ahead of the opening of the Royal Marines Experience at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard this summer. The Royal Marines Museum, which is part of…...
National museums to work with budget airline industry on new charging model
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (684+ words) The budget airline industry has been enlisted by government ministers to help design a new tiered pricing model for overseas visitors to the UK's national museums and galleries. Following the news last week that the Department for Culture, Media and…...
Do the locomotion | Preston Park Museum, Stockton-on-Tees
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (974+ words) Conference early bird discount ends today, book now for 10% off The world's first passenger railway, connecting Stockton and Darlington, opened in September 1825. It heralded a new age of trade and travel. Hauled by Locomotion No 1, which was designed by pioneering…...
Petition launched to save Walsall Leather Museum
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (869+ words) Conference early bird discount ends tomorrow, book now for 10% off Hundreds of people have signed a petition against the planned closure and relocation of Walsall Leather Museum. Signed off by Walsall Council in September, the plan will see the museum…...
MP joins protest against relocation of Walsall Leather Museum
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (1094+ words) Conference early bird discount ends tomorrow, book now for 10% off Up to 200 people attended a protest over the weekend against the planned closure and relocation of Walsall Leather Museum. The Labour MP for Walsall and Bloxwich, Valerie Vaz, was among…...
Scottish cultural organisations awarded £130,947
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (212+ words) Conference early bird discount ends tomorrow, book now for 10% off Fourteen cultural organisations across Scotland have been awarded the total sum of "130,947 via Museums Galleries Scotland's (MGS) Small Grants Fund. The fund exists to support museums to develop their work…...
Henry Moore venue reopens following redevelopment
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (235+ words) Conference early bird discount ends tomorrow, book now for 10% off Henry Moore Studios & Gardens in Hertfordshire reopens on 1 April with new exhibition spaces and visitor facilities. The site's Sheep Field Barn at Perry Green, near Much Hadham, has been redeveloped…...