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Update for museums making Accreditation returns or applications
Calling all museums making Accreditation returns or applications - important news. Museums making Accreditation returns/applications between now (mid October 2014) and the end of March 2015 should be aware that the Arts Council will be making changes to the online...
Online donations help support local heritage
Fans of Eastwood-born writer, D.H. Lawrence can now help support D.H. Lawrence Heritage’s D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum and Heritage Centre by donating online. The ‘Digital Giving Project’ was launched at this year’s D.H Lawrence Festival opening and will help D.H....
Call for Nominations: EMMS Board Elections
The East Midlands Museums Service (EMMS) are calling for Board member nominations. EMMS are an East Midlands based organisation who's purpose is “to help museums in the East Midlands to serve the public better”, and they are now seeking to recruit new Board members...
Funding: HLF Collecting Cultures back by popular demand
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced a £5m funding package to a range of museums, libraries and archives across the UK. Through HLF’s Collecting Cultures programme, 23 organisations, from Glasgow to Brighton, will be able to add to their core collections...
Made in Mansfield – new exhibition
It’s been three and a half years in the making but at long last the brand new 'Made in Mansfield' gallery will be unveiled on Thursday 23 October 2014. Made In Mansfield at Mansfield Museum, is a gallery and exhibition dedicated to the celebration of the distinguished...
Newark Air Museum ‘Project Panini’ – fundraising for new Education & Café facility
In 2013 Newark Air Museum launched its 'Project Panini' fundraising appeal, which successfully raised more than £10,000 towards the project development costs of its new proposed Education & Café facility. Using the designs funded by this appeal, the museum is now...