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Men labelled with learning disabilities have created a film and an exhibition related to their favourite collection items at the Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester. The project highlights the therapeutic benefits of museums for disability groups during a time of proposed funding cuts and welfare reform

Ten museums in the running to win £100,000 as Art Fund Prize 2012 longlist is announced...

Four keynotes, Forty-two presentations, Four Q&A's, Two workshops and an unconference session - MuseumNext Barcelona

Futurecade is an online suite of games from the Science Museum, exploring future science and technology and their impact on humanity

Conserving Albania’s Cultural Heritage. Heritage Without Borders awarded £25,000 by the Headley Trust

The Design Museum has unveiled plans to create the world’s leading museum of design and architecture at the former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington, London. Designs for the site have been produced by two of the world’s most innovative architectural practices

The Collections Trust has announced ENUMERATE, a 3-year programme funded by the European Commission to assess the extent to which European Member States are digitising their cultural heritage and making it available online

Don't miss out on your opportunity to celebrate the achievements of your organisation this year by entering The Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2012

Jean M. Franczyk has been announced today as the new Museum director at Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester following the merger between MOSI and National Museum of Science & Industry. The merger will create one of the world’s most important museum groups, reaching over five million visitors annually.

Sheena Wagstaff to Head Metropolitan Museum’s New Modern and Contemporary Art Department. Currently Chief Curator of Tate Modern in London

Tate Modern has announced an innovative free iPhone game Race Against Time that blends mobile gaming with art history.

Professor Jack Lohman is to step down as Director of the Museum of London. He will remain in post until March when he becomes Chief Executive and President of the Royal British Columbia Museum in Vancouver, Canada

The National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard has recently been awarded an HLF grant to allow project architects Purcell Miller Tritton to complete the transformation of the Museum’s Storehouse 10 building

Joseph Wright AR: An Augmented Reality(AR) artwork by John Goto and Matthew Leach made in collaboration with Derby Museums and Art Gallery, and Royal Crown Derby Museum

Throughout history, many people have lost limbs as a result of conflicts around the world. Reconstructing Lives takes a fascinating and moving look at the experience of those who have lost limbs in war, whether military or civilian, and the technology which helps rebuild their lives

The National Media Museum in Bradford has started work on the world's first gallery to explore the social, technological and cultural impact of the internet and the web.

More than 250,000 people have visited the Museum of Liverpool since it opened four weeks ago. Museum bosses had predicted 78,000 visitors in the first month

Awards to six UK museums and galleries are part of a groundbreaking programme to see how museums can create new civic spaces to help society transition to a high well-being, more sustainable world

The Art Fund has announced that The British Museum has won the 2011 Art Fund Prize, worth £100,000, for its groundbreaking project A History of the World

The Museum of Mathematics, which will open in the heart of Manhattan in 2012 and will boast dynamic exhibits and programs that will stimulate inquiry, spark curiosity, and reveal the wonders of math, has announced that it has been awarded a $2 million grant from Google

Museum-iD are delighted to announce that they are the official media partner for the Collections Trust’s trade fair and conference, OpenCulture 2011. Museum-iD will be covering the proceedings and helping to drive the OpenCulture 2011 flashconference – the social media backchannel for the main event (twitter hashtag #oc2011flash)!

MuseumNext believe that technology is changing the expectations of museum audiences, they no longer want to have information just broadcast at them, they want to create, to curate and to co-produce experiences

The Museum of East Anglian Life has become the first museum in the UK to engage Happiness Consultants. Lucy Neal and Hilary Jennings will be working to deliver the Happy Museum programme, a project designed to encourage museums to think about what it is to be a sustainable, high well being organisation

Culture Hack Day is a weekend event in January 2011, bringing cultural organisations and developers together to create exciting new things. It’s an opportunity for organisations to unlock their hidden data sets and see what new tools, applications and websites can be made with them

For 2011 there are ten categories to choose from, all of which have been designed to provide opportunity for all projects no matter their size, scale or budget