Eleanor Mills

Profile image for Eleanor Mills

Eleanor Mills

deputy editor, Museums Journal

Museum of Oxford drops entry fees for locals

A pilot scheme for free entry for Oxford residents begins in January

National Motor Museum in Beaulieu announces restructure

Loan requests and events suspended as museum continues search for new home  

True colours | The Scottish Colourists Revealed, Perth Art Gallery 

The influence of four 20th-century painters on the wider art world and Scotland as a nation

Sound waves | The Music is Black: A British Story, V&A East, London 

This joyful exhibition celebrates the huge impact that Black music has had on British society

In the blood | Rag: A History of Blood, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 

An exhibition that allows visitors to reflect on how medicine, history and social attitudes have shaped our understanding of blood

Tullie opens new community and venue hire centre

The Dye Works provides spaces for community, commercial and cultural activities

London Museum’s rediscovered vaults to open with exhibition on early Romans in the city

Long-lost space under Smithfield Market has been renovated to host shows and events

Q&A | ‘Living heritage continues, even when disrupted by colonialism’

Rachel Gefferie tells us how the Powell-Cotton Museum has redisplayed its Zulu collection with the help of the community

Inaugural Te Māori fellowship begins at Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum

Research residencies will further decolonise the Oxford University organisation as well as protect the future of Māori collections

Profile image for Hannah Barton

Generative AI search results are reducing online traffic to sector websites

But is it all bad?

Q&A | ‘It is a salutary reminder of the minutiae that ultimately shapes the course of history’

A new display on HMS Belfast examines the decision-making process at the heart of world war two’s D-day operations

Q&A | ‘I have great joy in working with artists to realise the visions that they have’

What is it really like curating a show with Ai Weiwei? Museums Journal sits down with Low Kee Hong, the creative director at Factory International in Manchester, to find out