Eleanor Mills

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Eleanor Mills

deputy editor, Museums Journal

On my bookshelf | The Gaia Atlas of Planet Management

How a 1980s book on global warming can influence collections management

Fitzwilliam Museum explores founder’s links to slavery in new exhibition

Recently renamed portrait from Exeter loaned to Fitzwilliam show

Ancient and modern | Manchester Museum, University of Manchester

Sustainability and inclusivity are at the heart of this ambitious redevelopment

Grist to the mill | Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, Shropshire

A building that has been repurposed many times takes visitors on a journey through industrial history

Vagina Museum launches urgent crowdfunding appeal

New premises found but organisation needs to raise £42,000 by early June

Funding for three touring exhibitions as part of network

Museums and Galleries Network for Exhibition Touring gets £336,000

London’s Hunterian Museum reopens after 6 years

Patients' stories put at the heart of £4.6m redevelopment

Q&A | ‘We are placing communities at the heart of our decision-making’

The Harris in Preston is going through a major redevelopment with co-curation at its core – head of culture for Preston City Council, Timothy Joel, runs us through the project's aims

Museum of… The Staffin Dinosaur Museum, Skye

Jurassic spark | A local crofter has made it his life’s work to collect and preserve prehistoric artefacts and fossils, which he displays in his island museum

Extra £20m for new Natural History Museum research centre

The building will house 28 million specimens at Thames Valley Science Park

Q&A | ‘Sustainability is a very important part of the Gilbert & George Centre’

Manuel Irsara, co-founder of SIRS Architects, was instrumental to the East London building's high-tech yet sustainable design

Book review | Museums, Refugees and Communities

This thought-provoking book shows how museums could help support refugees