An article written by Helen Wainwright, Nottingham Castle Museum. In 2011, a great swarm of beetles, butterflies, dragonflies and moths escaped from a broken specimen cabinet, and the thousands of bugs swept through Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery. Or so...
The Leicestershire & Rutland Heritage Awards celebrate the work of independent museums and heritage groups across the Counties. This year we received a record breaking 34 applications, spread across seven categories. The judges had a really tough time selecting...
In July this year, the Collections Trust took a bold new step into the world of mobile technologies, with the launch of their MuseumsUK app. These days the whole world appears to be going ‘app’ – so Modes team take a look to find out how our users can benefit. We...
Here is your invitation to join the National Wellbeing Survey. The Happy Museum will be working with ‘happiness economist’ Daniel Fujiwara of London School of Economics to discover what it is about museums that makes people happy. They are inviting museums...
Click; Connect; Curate; Create is looking for people to get involved in a new project for Leicestershire’s museums. Leicestershire County Council is undertaking a two year research and development project looking at how we can use digital technology to engage new...
