Museum News

The Handel & Hendrix in London was awarded a certificate of excellence by Trip Advisor this year – public approval for a beautiful little museum that only opened its doors to the public in the 1990s. This 18th century museum in Mayfair has, as you might guess, been home to two musical masters, George Frideric...

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The National Centre for Thomas Gainsborough is a transformational project that will not only safeguard Gainsborough’s Grade I-listed childhood home and garden but also promises to be hugely beneficial to his home town of Sudbury, in Suffolk. Having won a large grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Mark and his team are now in the...

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The Bowes Museum in County Durham will host the Museums Seminar – ‘Acquire and Inspire’ in 2017. Citing their own experiences, museum and arts professionals, including the Chairman of the Acceptance in Lieu panel, Edward Harley, will explain how your museum could benefit from the Cultural Gifts and Acceptance in Lieu Schemes. We will explore...

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The London Original Print Fair has announced the launch of an exciting new purchase grant for museums and galleries – The Ecclesiastical Original Print Award, sponsored by Ecclesiastical Insurance The Ecclesiastical Original Print Award is a new initiative, designed to enable a museum or gallery in the UK to acquire an original print for their collection. Applications...

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The Museums Association, have reported that government funding cuts are leading to more local government museums opting for trust status. Geraldine Kendall, reporting in the May edition of the Museum’s Journal says ‘Trust status has come to represent a lifeline for struggling museums….’ , she argues that there are ‘many intangible benefits to being in...

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