http://www.mandh-online.com/news Latest Articles http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2045/new_dawn_announced_for_scotlands_museums_and_galleries http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2045/new_dawn_announced_for_scotlands_museums_and_galleries Fri, 24 May 2013 09:53:00 GMT Museums Galleries Scotland have formally become the National Development Body to support the museums and galleries sector in Scotland. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2043/museums_at_night_weekend_festivities_begin http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2043/museums_at_night_weekend_festivities_begin Thu, 16 May 2013 15:16:00 GMT Museums at Night, the annual festival of after-hours activities in museums and heritage venues around the country, starts tonight. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2042/thirty_expert_speakers_in_final_open_culture_programme http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2042/thirty_expert_speakers_in_final_open_culture_programme Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT The final programme for the Collections Trust‎’s flagship OpenCulture 2013 conference is published this week, featuring more than 30 expert international and UK speakers. More than 200 registrations have already been received for the event, this year taking the theme: ‘How can Collections Management power the Participatory Museum of tomorrow?’ http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2041/hlf_launches_wwi_centenary_grants_programme http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2041/hlf_launches_wwi_centenary_grants_programme Wed, 15 May 2013 05:30:00 GMT The Heritage Lottery Fund has launched a £6 million small grants programme to help communities across the UK mark the Centenary of the First World War (WWI). http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2040/tate_britain_walk-through_galleries_open_with_a_new_timeline_approach http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2040/tate_britain_walk-through_galleries_open_with_a_new_timeline_approach Tue, 14 May 2013 14:26:00 GMT A new chronological presentation of 500 years of British art has opened at Tate Britain with the BP Walk through British Art. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2039/john_lennons_first_car_a_ferrari_goes_up_for_auction http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2039/john_lennons_first_car_a_ferrari_goes_up_for_auction Fri, 10 May 2013 14:10:00 GMT The blue Ferrari, which was personally selected by Beatles singer/songwriter John Lennon outside his home in 1965 as his first car, is to be auctioned in July. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2038/turner_prize_2013_shortlist_for_derry http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2038/turner_prize_2013_shortlist_for_derry Fri, 3 May 2013 10:40:00 GMT Tate Britain has announced the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2013 to be held in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2037/geffrye_museum_development_turned_down http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2037/geffrye_museum_development_turned_down Thu, 2 May 2013 14:38:00 GMT The Geffrye, Museum of the Home, in Shoreditch, East London, has been refused planning permission by Hackney Council to go ahead with its plans for a major development to its buildings and gardens. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2036/islamic_medical_science_collection_on_view_for_first_time http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2036/islamic_medical_science_collection_on_view_for_first_time Thu, 2 May 2013 14:13:00 GMT A remarkable collection of manuscripts from Islam’s medieval doctors is on public display for the first time at the Royal College of Physicians in London. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2035/last_day_for_open_culture_early_bird_rate http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2035/last_day_for_open_culture_early_bird_rate Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:14:00 GMT Early Bird rates, giving a saving of up to £60 on delegate fees for OpenCulture finish today (Tuesday 30 April). http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2034/alien_big_cat_found_in_museum_store http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2034/alien_big_cat_found_in_museum_store Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:14:00 GMT A mystery stuffed animal rediscovered in a museum’s underground storeroom has proven to be a Canadian Lynx – an ‘alien big cat’ that prowled the British countryside at the turn of the last century. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2032/collections_trust_and_securitas_launch_new_security_partnership http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2032/collections_trust_and_securitas_launch_new_security_partnership Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:31:00 GMT The Collections Trust has agreed a long-term partnership with security specialists Securitas to help raise security awareness across the museums community. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2031/arts_council_england_councils_downsize http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2031/arts_council_england_councils_downsize Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:21:00 GMT Arts Council England (ACE) has announced a reduction in its National Council in line with changes already announced to the organisation of its regional councils. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2030/maximising_the_commercial_benefit_of_heritage_workplaces http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2030/maximising_the_commercial_benefit_of_heritage_workplaces Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:56:00 GMT Heritage Enterprise, a new £125 million grant programme to help unlock the latent commercial potential of unused historic buildings and sites across the UK, is being launched today (22nd April) by the Heritage Lottery Fund. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2027/multiple_rhino_horns_worth_500000_stolen_from_national_museum_of_ireland http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2027/multiple_rhino_horns_worth_500000_stolen_from_national_museum_of_ireland Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:09:00 GMT The theft of rhino horn from museums and galleries continues with four rhinoceros heads stolen from storage at the National Museum of Ireland this week (17th April 2013). http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2026/open_culture_early_bird_fees_deadline_approaches http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2026/open_culture_early_bird_fees_deadline_approaches Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:36:00 GMT Delegates who register before Tuesday 30th April for the Collections Trust’s annual flagship event OpenCulture 2013 can save up to £60 on the full rate. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2024/mosi_highlights_hygiene_heritage http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2024/mosi_highlights_hygiene_heritage Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:50:00 GMT Today (18th April) is UNESCO World Heritage Day and the latest acquisition of the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester marks a landmark in the heritage of medical science. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2022/twenty-four_scottish_museums_share_500000_capital_funding http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2022/twenty-four_scottish_museums_share_500000_capital_funding Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:56:00 GMT Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) has announced the 24 successful applicants to its Scottish Government-funded Capital Fund programme – a diverse selection from across the country. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2021/leading_libraries_begin_storing_uk_digital_culture http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2021/leading_libraries_begin_storing_uk_digital_culture Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:01:00 GMT New regulations have come into force which will enable the UK and Ireland’s top libraries to create an archive of creative and cultural digital output – including blogs, e-books and the entire UK web domain. http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2018/new_collections_trust_award_celebrates_participatory_practice http://www.mandh-online.com/news/content/2018/new_collections_trust_award_celebrates_participatory_practice Thu, 4 Apr 2013 16:30:00 GMT The Collections Trust has joined forces with Historypin to launch a new award for participatory museum practice.