Eleanor Mills

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Eleanor Mills

deputy editor, Museums Journal

Kraken show | Pirates, National Maritime Museum, London

This exhibition explores the myths and realities of piracy and its resonance in the modern world

King of the castle | Norwich Castle Keep

This restoration of William the Conqueror’s bastion in Norfolk offers visitors an authentic sense of Norman life

Powell-Cotton Museum seeks community input in redisplay of Zulu collections

A museum-wide reinterpretation project is currently underway at the Kent institution

Hull’s North End Shipyard Visitor Centre gets Passivhaus accreditation

Building is part of Hull Maritime, a city-wide regeneration project due to finish in 2026

Welsh Museums Festival takes joy as its theme

More than 50 museums and galleries across Wales are taking part in the week-long celebration

Rewriting the rhetoric | Gender Stories, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

This thought-provoking exhibition sensitively examines the multifaceted world of gender across cultures, eras, and personal experiences

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Why is participation in museums so difficult?

Ideas and practices of participation have boomed in museums over the last 20 years

Royal Academy of Arts expands collection galleries

Anonymous donor backs gallery’s free-to-visit spaces

Heritage Fund awards £9.7m towards Royal Observatory transformation

Capital project will create new courtyard, entrance pavilion and interactive astronomy galleries

New digital image library for Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

More than 2,000 images newly available in public domain

Museum Renewal Fund grants go to 75 civic museums

Government invests £20m to support and protect local institutions across England

Science Museum gets big cash injection

Indian vaccine firm donates money to new gallery