In practice

Swedish History Museum digitises Viking collection

Growing collection to be catalogued and shared online

Managing design costs

Typically 20% of an exhibition’s build cost will go on design

Designing a pop up museum

This popular format encourages audience participation

Designing for the road

How to create exhibitions with blockbuster appeal and flexibility

Grand designs

Museums will enjoy tax relief on exhibition costs from April

Royal Academy unveils virtual reality initiative

Pop-up project will showcase artwork created using virtual reality software

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

PEM threads narratives and new voices into exhibition texts

Writing letters

The Postal Museum takes a “revelatory” and “inclusive” approach to text

Voices from the workhouse

Storytelling at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse

Having a conversation with visitors

Lucy Harland explains why tone of voice matters in museums

Exhibition in County Down challenges perceptions around disability

Project led by the Seacourt Print Workshop is also researching how the arts affect people's wellbeing

Telling stories

Creating compelling, original and accessible content that makes museum collections sing