http://www.mandh-online.com/news Latest Articles http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1874/museums_heritage_awards_for_excellence_winners_announced http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1874/museums_heritage_awards_for_excellence_winners_announced Thu, 17 May 2012 10:12:00 GMT The National Museum of Scotland, the Holburne Museum in Bath, Bolton Museum and the designers of a children’s museum in Cairo were among those celebrating at the Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence last night. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1872/five_battle_it_out_for_clore_award_for_museum_learning http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1872/five_battle_it_out_for_clore_award_for_museum_learning Tue, 15 May 2012 14:44:00 GMT The museum learning initiatives shortlisted for the Clore Award for Museum Learning have been announced. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1871/museum_of_the_year_art_fund_shortlist_announced http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1871/museum_of_the_year_art_fund_shortlist_announced Tue, 15 May 2012 12:33:00 GMT The shortlist for the tenth Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries has been announced and includes one national institution and one local museum, one radical new building and a painstakingly restored one. Can you guess them? http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1868/hlf_backs_new_vanda_at_dundee_and_other_major_projects_with_76m http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1868/hlf_backs_new_vanda_at_dundee_and_other_major_projects_with_76m Fri, 11 May 2012 06:30:00 GMT The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced initial support worth £76 million for eight major projects ranging from mills to museums, including ambitious and exciting plans to create a new V&A at Dundee designed by Japanese architect, Kengo Kuma. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1867/hlfs_59m_pledge_to_help_keep_manet_portrait_for_the_public http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1867/hlfs_59m_pledge_to_help_keep_manet_portrait_for_the_public Wed, 9 May 2012 14:12:00 GMT The Ashmolean Museum’s campaign to save Edouard Manet’s Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus has received a significant shot in the arm thanks to a £5.9 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1866/museum_of_london_appoints_new_director http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1866/museum_of_london_appoints_new_director Wed, 9 May 2012 12:31:00 GMT The Museum of London has announced that Sharon Ament will replace Jack Lohman as its new Director in September 2012. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1865/islamist_attacks_unesco_world_heritage_site http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1865/islamist_attacks_unesco_world_heritage_site Tue, 8 May 2012 12:09:00 GMT A member of an Islamist group in Mali has attacked and burned the tomb of a revered Muslim at a Unesco World Heritage Site in Timbuktu. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1864/museum_of_liverpool_welcomes_millionth_visitor http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1864/museum_of_liverpool_welcomes_millionth_visitor Thu, 3 May 2012 14:44:00 GMT More than one million people have now visited the Museum of Liverpool since it opened in the summer of last year. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1863/significant_syrian_heritage_sites_under_siege http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1863/significant_syrian_heritage_sites_under_siege Wed, 2 May 2012 15:43:00 GMT Some of the world’s most significant heritage sites are being threatened by the violent clashes between rebels and government forces in Syria, experts have warned. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1862/virtual_john_peel_museum_helps_launch_the_space http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1862/virtual_john_peel_museum_helps_launch_the_space Tue, 1 May 2012 14:56:00 GMT The Space, a new free digital arts service, has launched today (1 May 2012) with the help of a virtual recreation of DJ John Peel’s home studio and highlights of his record library. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1861/fitzwilliam_museum_burglary_to_feature_on_crimewatch http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1861/fitzwilliam_museum_burglary_to_feature_on_crimewatch Tue, 1 May 2012 09:15:00 GMT The recent theft of 18 Chinese artefacts from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has appeared on BBC’s Crimewatch. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1859/17-year-old_sean_named_scottish_heritage_hero http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1859/17-year-old_sean_named_scottish_heritage_hero Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:45:00 GMT A teenage tour guide who volunteers at the Gordon Highlanders’ Museum in Aberdeen has been named the Sunday Mail Young Scot Heritage Hero 2012. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1858/new_museum_of_racist_memorabilia_to_open_its_doors_to_teach_tolerance http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1858/new_museum_of_racist_memorabilia_to_open_its_doors_to_teach_tolerance Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:50:00 GMT The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, showcasing over 4,000 pieces of racist memorabilia, opened to the public on 26 April 2012 at Ferris State University, Michigan, US. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1857/flurry_of_activity_at_the_florrie_as_new_heritage_centre_opens http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1857/flurry_of_activity_at_the_florrie_as_new_heritage_centre_opens Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:44:00 GMT Heritage and design consultancy PLB has completed the interpretive design and installation of a new Heritage Resource Centre at The Florence Institute - known locally as ‘The Florrie’ - in Liverpool. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1856/ma_pans_proposals_to_end_museum_subsidies_and_axe_dcms http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1856/ma_pans_proposals_to_end_museum_subsidies_and_axe_dcms Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:31:00 GMT The proposal by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) to scrap the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and cease government funding to national museums has been heavily criticised by the Museums Association. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1855/scaled-down_ship_in_a_bottle_saved_thanks_to_public_support http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1855/scaled-down_ship_in_a_bottle_saved_thanks_to_public_support Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:03:00 GMT The National Maritime Museum has been able to acquire and permanently display Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle by Yinka Shonibate thanks to the success of a fundraising appeal launched by the museum and the Art Fund at the end of last year. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1853/manx_mulling_1m_heritage_donation http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1853/manx_mulling_1m_heritage_donation Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:41:00 GMT Manx National Heritage is seeking views on the use of a generous bequest of around £1 million left to the Manx nation by a generous resident – the largest gift ever received by the organisation. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1852/news_in_pictures_a_look_inside_life_online_at_the_national_media_museum http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1852/news_in_pictures_a_look_inside_life_online_at_the_national_media_museum Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:56:00 GMT M&H offers you a look inside Life Online, a new exhibition at the National Media Museum, exploring the social, technological and cultural impact of the internet. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1850/fire_closes_national_trusts_lyme_park http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1850/fire_closes_national_trusts_lyme_park Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:15:00 GMT More than a dozen firefighters were called to the scene of a huge fire covering approximately 10 acres of ground in Lyme Park and Derbyshire Moorland this week. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1849/science_museum_to_showcase_rare_recently_discovered_ripley_scroll http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/1849/science_museum_to_showcase_rare_recently_discovered_ripley_scroll Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:14:00 GMT An extremely rare historical scroll will be the first of its kind to go on long-term display when the Science Museum in London opens a new exhibition later this month.