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Boar badge pinpoints Richard III death at Battle of Bosworth site

Archaeologists believe a tiny badge bearing the boar emblem of Richard III and a scattering of shot found in the Leicestershire field where the Battle of Bosworth took place have allowed them to pinpoint where the King was killed.

18th century botanist Sir John St Aubyn's Secret Life of a Collector in Plymouth

Botany from a colourful 18th century Plymouth baronet is about to go on show at the city's Museum and Art Gallery.

Belfast City Council announces £1 million funding boost for arts groups

Belfast City Council will distribute £1 million in funding to almost 100 arts groups in the Northern Irish capital.

International Women's Day leaves trail of exhibitions and events across UK

Find some of the best events and exhibitions celebrating women in art and culture with our round-up of highlights around the country.

Letters of Austen, Nelson and Saxon King find new home at Kent History Centre

Planning permission has been granted for the new Kent History Centre and Library in Maidstone, housing historic material dating back to 699 AD.

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I love Subject Specialist Networks!

Two meetings in the last couple of weeks - one with the Portraiture SSN in the magnificent Board room at the National Portrait Gallery and the other one toay up at the Museum of English Rural Life - has convinced me that Subject Specialist Networks are, quite frankly and without exaggeration, brilliant. Why? Because they get on with it. Both the Portraiture SSN and the Rural Museums SSN have just taken the money MLA gave them and done really good, solid, interesting work with it. They've develo… Continue

Posted on February 21st, 2008 at 1:55pm —

Please...just stop digitising stuff

I've had a number of chances to hop back onto my hobby horse about Digitisation recently - most notably when a very senior politician at a meeting recently leant over to me and said 'of course, the priority for museums has got to be digitisation and making things accessible on the web'. No. No no no. Stoppit. No.It has absolutely, categorically GOT to stop now. Think about it this way - most of the big problems we're facing at the moment originate with the absolutely insane rate of acquisition… Continue

Posted on February 21st, 2008 at 1:33pm —

Science and Heritage Programme

Tuesday I went to the launch of the AHRC and EPSRC funded Science and Heritage Programme at the Institute of Education in London. See http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk for more info.

Entitled 'Managing Material Change', I missed day 1 on Monday, but day 2 just blew me away. I was a fascinating mix of climatologists, conservationists, the editor of Nature, cultural heritage people and conservators. Highlights of the day was Heather Viles of… Continue

Posted on December 12th, 2007 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments

Culture24 and Digital Services

Had a really exciting couple of weeks, mainly because of a series of conversations with the team at the newly re-launched Culture24 (formerly known as the 24 Hour Museum).

It started with their re-launch at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. James Purnell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport gave a thoroughly invigorating keynote where he spoke about the need to move from mass-broadcast and content creation towards more intelligent and market-driven approaches to… Continue

Posted on December 9th, 2007 at 5:51pm —

Diversity and Standards

I've been thinking about 'where' diversity happens in museums this afternoon - mainly because of a letter someone sent me to comment on.

The letter was about the UK Museum Accreditation Scheme and the need to ensure that minimum standards for museums promote diversity. It was fascinating - at least partly because it was like watching two world collide.

In the blue corner, we have a well-established, articulate and impassioned diversity lobby. The best summary I have heard of t… Continue

Posted on September 6th, 2007 at 12:39pm — 1 Comment

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At 5:37am on August 8th, 2007, dmje123 said…: That's an outrageously formal picture. Do you think our contrasting pics say anything about our approaches to life...?