In practice

The mindful museum

How does the meditative practice work in museums?

Mansfield Museum

Putting health and wellbeing at the centre of your museum

Seven Stories launches “touch and feel” early years exhibition

Visitors encouraged to touch, smell and interact with displays

Lending spirit

How can museums of all sizes be supported to lend more?

The borrowers

How can museums successfully borrow from other institutions and private collectors?

Museum loans

How are initiatives encouraging museums to lend and borrow?

Islington Museum to explore memories of Holloway Prison

HLF-funded project will include training former prisoners in transferable skills

Telling the story of wool production in Wales

The National Wool Museum has tapped into the popularity of textile craft

Tapping into the popularity of textiles

How Game of Thrones® sparked an interest in textiles at National Museums Northern Ireland

Textile conservation in action

Case study from the People’s History Museum

Quick tips for displaying, handling and storing textiles

Best practice advice

Textile conservation and storage

Museums of any size should follow basic conservation principles