Eleanor Mills

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Eleanor Mills

deputy editor, Museums Journal

Scottish cultural organisations awarded £130,947

Museums Galleries Scotland’s Small Grants Fund opens next round

Quay to success | Poole Museum, Poole, Dorset

These restored historic galleries take in a modern twist

Wordsworth Trust saves Lake District poet’s final home

Rydal Mount was on sale for £2.5m after struggling with falling visitor numbers and rising costs

Books | The Artist as Ecologist: Contemporary Art and the Environment

Filipa Ramos' exploration of the transformative power of contemporary art is an important call to action

Heritage pottery sites in Stoke-on-Trent fire up new visitor experience

Gladstone Pottery Museum – home of the Great Pottery Throw Down – and Duchess China launch pilot collaboration

London’s Barbican secures permission for £231m renewal

Accessibility and sustainability will be central to project

Q&A | ‘We want to avoid the static, glass-case model and create a place that excites curiosity’

Crispin Kelly, the chief executive of Baylight Properties, tells us about a flagship new cultural development on Ipswich Town’s waterfront, Clay 1A

Food for thought | School Dinners, Food Museum, Stowmarket, Suffolk

A showcase of school dinners through the decades is engaging visitors of all ages, whether they experienced ordeal by pink custard or turkey twizzlers

Earliest ever YouTube video enters V&A collection

A reconstructed watch page featuring the 2005 clip can be seen in the museum's design gallery

In full swing | The Harris, Preston

This beautifully updated museum and art gallery has an inclusive design and culturally balanced collection

Historic Royal Palaces appoints director of palaces and collections

Melissa Hamnett to lead on collections strategy and major projects at the institution

Books | Deaccessioning Museum Objects, by Jennifer Durrant

A timely guide to sustainable disposals practice