Eleanor Mills

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Eleanor Mills

deputy editor, Museums Journal

Gunpowder Plot house added to Heritage at Risk Register

Historic England updates register with 159 sites, as 203 are saved

Q&A | ‘People in the Middle Ages were struggling with many things we’re still concerned with today’

David Silk, the learning manager at Newcastle Castle, reveals what his role embodies in the run up to the tour he's running as part of the MA conference

The Vintage Litter Museum opens in Suffolk

Founder keen to tie strong environmental message into displays

Applications open for Art Fund’s Weston Loan Programme

Adjacent scheme to engage underrepresented audiences

New funding to enhance art museums for blind people

Arts and Humanities Research Council grants £250k to project

Arts Council Collection launches Acquisitions Fund

Patrons to introduce £40,000 fund at Frieze London

On my bookshelf | The Design of Educational Exhibits, second edition, by RS Miles

This book has useful pointers but also has major flaws

Digital review | Virtual artist’s house, Halo open art studio, Halosenniemi, Finland

An art experience that breaks down barriers

Digital review | Virtual gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Some easily fixed problems and this gallery experience could be top notch

Digital review | Virtual exhibition, Pan African Heritage Museum, Ghana

This virtual exhibition offers a thought-provoking and educational experience

Body of evidence | Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, London

This newly refurbished medical museum has humanised some exhibits, but its history remains uncomfortable

Book review | Demystifying Disability, by Emily Ladau

A brilliant guide to being inclusive and being an ally