Eleanor Mills
Eleanor Mills
deputy editor, Museums Journal
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
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
