Francesca Collins

Francesca Collins

Website & Digital Officer

New owners prevent closure of world’s first savings bank museum

Local campaign ensured the site would remain in the hands of the community

Climate culture: Cop26 round-up

See the human face of the climate emergency with our selection of environmental events and installations

Mobile phone museum to launch with support from Vodafone

Online museum to open in November with the brand as a long-term partner

Swindon council reconsiders closure of museum building

Reopening of Apsley House under review amid mounting pressure from local group

Report sets out impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland’s arts sector

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland describes the issue as "complex, multi-dimensional and evolving"

New arts hub for Bournemouth

Giant is the UK’s largest artist-run gallery space outside London

Covid has improved disabled people’s engagement with museums, study finds

Participants cite positive opportunities for remote working, interviews and digital offerings

Ballyclare war museum fights closure following Covid crisis

War Years Remembered closed its doors on 10 July but is still fundraising for a new home

£7.6m of national treasures saved from export in two years

Report details how temporary deferrals kept ‘outstanding’ items in UK’s public collections

Kids in Museums announces Family Friendly Museum Award 2021 shortlist

Twenty museums across the UK will be judged by undercover families during the school summer holiday

New museum and gallery apprenticeship to launch in England

First formal training route for aspiring technicians in the heritage sector

TSB backtracks on closure of world’s first savings bank museum

Initial plans were to close the site and transfer its contents to the company's HQ in Edinburgh