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DCMS and Art Explora to create UK’s first permanent mobile museum
£1.6m government initiative aims to bring art to communities everywhere
Case study | Programming around a Masterpiece tour
When a Monet toured to South Shields Museum, the team programmed events rooted in participation, sensory access and wellbeing
In brief | Latest projects, announcements and moves from the sector
Science Museum Group appoints 'AI champion' | Scheme to explore hidden disability histories | Governance guidance published
Harness your staff’s experience of SEND
Museums have made great strides in disability access inclusion for children, says Sam Bowen
Digital | A digital ‘living map’, the Absolute Units podcast and the most accessible virtual tour yet
We take a scroll through the latest digital content from museums and heritage
Museums are not ‘secret vaults’, say world’s museum leaders
Directors at major institutions defend principle of open access but say Louvre heist has ‘shaken us to the core’
Editorial | Being inclusive is what we do
With equality, diversity and inclusion under attack, we need to hold firm, writes Simon Stephens
Sensational Museum project showcases new tools for multisensory interpretation
Research initiative was created to rethink role of the senses in museums and put disability at the centre of practice
How ‘meanwhile’ spaces are helping cultural institutions make a splash
Museums are increasingly using pop-ups to help them expand their reach. By Rachel Mapplebeck
Q&A | ‘It’s important that museums get to learn about young people’
The BM is currently seeking partners for the final year of its Where We Are... scheme. Hanouf Al-Alawi tells us about the impact of the youth-led initiative
