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...
As a result of a review of the BIS Science and Society programme, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has launched a new grants funding programme. The new grants programme will support individuals and organisations to create pilot projects to:...
The Museum of Leathercraft (MoL), Northamptonshire wishes to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic professional to play a major role in the next stage of its development. Salary: £26,000-£27,000 The role The museum is seeking an innovative and creative officer to...
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...
