Rebecca Atkinson

5 days ago | museumsassociation.org | Rebecca Atkinson

The City of Sanctuary UK has named a number of museums and libraries as places of sanctuary for their work welcoming and supporting migrant communities. In Scotland, Glasgow Women’s Library was recognised as the country’s first a Library of Sanctuary for its inclusive activities such as creative workshops, language support, inclusive programming, and community storytelling.

1 week ago | museumsassociation.org | Rebecca Atkinson

The John Ellerman Foundation has announced that it will no longer run a dedicated fund for museums and galleries. Launched in 2014, the John Ellerman Foundation’s museums and galleries programme offered grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 per year, for up to three years. By the time the fund celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2024, it had awarded 62 grants worth £5.39m to 50 organisations.

1 week ago | museumsassociation.org | Rebecca Atkinson

The Arctic Corsair – Hull’s last surviving sidewinder trawler – is to reopen to visitors following extensive restoration next year in a new energy efficient visitor centre. North End Shipyard is part of the city’s £65m Hull Maritime project to refurbish and preserve six historic maritime sites and two historic ships. The attraction will provide a home for the Arctic Corsair and the Scotch Derrick Crane, as well as displays and a dedicated learning space for schools.

1 week ago | museumsassociation.org | Rebecca Atkinson

The Pitt Rivers Museum, part of the University of Oxford, has met with elders and leaders from various Naga Tribe Hohos to discuss the repatriation of Naga ancestral human remains and the future care of museum's wider Naga collections.   The Pitt Rivers holds the largest collection of Naga material in the world, much of which was collected by colonial administrators in the early 20th century.

2 weeks ago | museumsassociation.org | Rebecca Atkinson

The research centre where scientists re-excavated Silbury Hill, conserved artefacts from the 18th-century Dutch warship the Rooswijk and analysed human remains from Birdoswald Roman Fort Cemetery at Hadrian’s Wall has reopened after a major refurbishment. Fort Cumberland in Portsmouth has been closed for 12 months to undergo an upgrade to the building as well as its curatorial and storage facilities.