This article was first published by Museums and Heritage Advisor. A temporary export bar has been placed on Alan Turing’s unpublished Second World War papers, which document the ‘Delilah’ project. The wartime papers document Turing’s development of a portable encryption system for use in military operations. The papers are valued at £397,680 and are at […]
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This article was first published by The Guardian. Rentokil plans to release entosite parasitoid wasps into the nooks and crannies of museums, heritage sites and homes to stop moth infestations. The minuscule wasps measure less than 0.5mm in size, and they stop moths reproducing by parasitising their eggs and laying their own eggs inside the […]
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This article was first published by Remember a Charity. Funded through the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s RAISE programme, the report ‘The Art of Legacies’ takes a look at the impact charitable gifts in Wills are having in the arts, culture and heritage sector, for organisations at different stages of their legacy fundraising journey. The report […]
This article was first published by BBC News. It was late at night on 7 May 2022 when a Russian missile hit a museum that was once home to Ukraine’s 18th-Century poet and philosopher Hryhory Skovoroda. “The roof was completely blown off, the walls are burnt and only Skovoroda’s statue survived. It’s a miracle that […]
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This article was first published by Pro Landscaper Magazine. The National Trust are trialling the new Navi Lens technology at Saltram in Plymouth, a digital navigation aid designed for partially sighted visitors. The test will run until 25 October and The technology is already in use on transport systems across Spain and parts of the […]
This article was first published by Culture in Crisis. V&A Culture in Crisis and ICOM UK are pleased to announce that their collaboration – a webinar series, Preserving the Past: Strategies for Heritage in Crisis – is now available to watch on the Culture in Crisis Portal. Hosted by Maria Blyzinsky (Trustee at ICOM UK) and Sam […]
A Statement by ICMEMOHRI in defence of Sites of Memory at a time of peril in Argentina Forty years ago, Argentina emerged from the nightmare of dictatorships and crimes against humanity. In the struggle to rebuild a lost nation and a lost society, survivors cried out three words: “Truth, Justice and Memory”. It took a […]
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Teesside University is introducing a new MBA Cultural and Creative Leader which is also a Level 7 apprenticeship for museum staff. Alongside its pioneering MA Curating used by organisations including Science Museum, Imperial War Museum, Tate and regional museums from Cornwall to Northumbria, this new course also utilises the government levy so there is no […]
This article was first published by BBC News. Dorset dialect poet William Barnes bequeathed his writings, woodcuts and engravings to the county museum that he co-founded in 1846. The William Barnes Society hopes to raise £35,000 to catalogue the collection so it can be accessed anywhere in the world. The revival of The Year Clock, […]
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