Eleanor Mills

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Eleanor Mills

deputy editor, Museums Journal

The butterfly effect | Butterflies Through Time, Cambridge Museum of Zoology

This exhibition shows the impact of environmental change on these amazing creatures

Recycling history | Cars, Cop26 and the Climate Crisis, Dundee Museum of Transport

Museums could learn a lot from Dundee’s initiative to create an environmentally sustainable exhibition

Book review | Flourish – Design Paradigms for our Planetary Emergency

This exploration of the way we live now and ways we might live is challenging and inspiring

Digital reviews | Check your climate consciousness online

Recent climate-related digital experiences rated according to greenness, transfemininity and accessibility

Remember, remember | The Gunpowder Plot immersive experience, Tower Vaults

This VR adventure captures the hearts and minds of its audience to create something truly unforgettable

Shattered glass of Beirut goes on display at British Museum

Tefaf supported conservation of objects damaged in 2020 explosion

Q&A | ‘The Anglo Saxons had a diverse community – I’m so excited to bring that to life’

We have so much more to learn about Anglo Saxon society, says Chris Ferguson, the visitor experience director of the new site Ad Gefrin in Wooler, Northumberland

The only way is up | Clifford’s Tower, York

There are modern touches to this restored ancient site, but opportunities have definitely been missed

Stoke-on-Trent City Archives to relocate to Potteries Museum

Council approves move following recent museum restructure

Coming up roses | Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire

The textile genius William Morris’s beloved family home, newly restored to its heavenly status through sympathetic restoration

On my bookshelf | Rubbish Theory, by Michael Thompson

Why the creation and destruction of value is central to how we view museum objects

Capturing the magic of folklore collections

Audiences are enchanted by the romance of folkloric objects, so why are they still the poor cousin in museum collections?