Opinion
Engaging a young audience through Circuit
The challenges of getting young audiences to engage in the arts via galleries and museums include a lack of connection and sense of belonging, the spaces provided, and artistic and learning programme sign-posting. Though galleries and museums across the country are producing excellent projects and programmes, they need sustainable long-term resources and funding to deliver …
Give children their rights to culture
I visited Stockholm recently to see the Vasa, a jaw-droppingly beautiful ship that sank in 1628. It is now housed within a museum that was built around it after its long salvage operation. I was particularly struck by a sign in the museum alerting visitors to the fact that a new education space is under way: …
We must save natural history curators from extinction
New acquisitions are the lifeblood of any museum collection, as they keep it fresh and relevant. This may seem ironic when it comes to collections of dead animals and plants – doubly so in an age of conservation and environmentalism. So what is the future for natural history collecting? A natural history curator (if you …