Eleanor Mills
Eleanor Mills
deputy editor, Museums Journal
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
Oxford’s History of Science Museum announces revamp
Museum receives planning and Listed building consent for project
National Museums Liverpool to look at economic impact of waterfront revival
Organisation also announces £1m slavery research project and new chair
Book review | Women Artists & Designers at the National Trust
This new publication offers a rich record of female talent, finds Anneka French
Profile | ‘Theme parks are fantastic ways of telling stories – so are museums’
The chief executive of Portsmouth’s Mary Rose Trust, Dominic Jones, entered the museum sector seven years ago, but now finally feels as though he belongs in it
