In practice

Understanding audiences

Analytics is crucial to making the best of websites – and there are easy wins

Effective museum websites

Why accessibility and simplicity are key to a good user experience

A new collections hub making efficiencies with warehouse tech

Case study from the Science Museum Group on its new National Collections Centre

Children provide brief for V&A Museum of Childhood architects

Ongoing “co-design” exercise takes direction from local schools, families and teachers

Opportunities in store

The benefits of decanting a collection for a capital project

Open up the door

The move towards open storage continues

Storage logistics

Where to put collections when they’re not on display is a constant, and constantly changing, area of work

Robocase promises to bring fragile objects up close

Mechanised arm allows safe, close-quarters viewing of a variety of delicate objects

Family passes to Royal Cornwall Museum included in foodbank parcels

Collaboration between museum and foodbank sees 90% of tickets redeemed

National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh

Making space to store a ceramics collection together

Conservation and storage

Ceramics are relatively resilient – presenting opportunities as well as challenges

Adding to your collection

Ceramics acquisitions and how to fund them