Whilst Tristram Hunt (Director of the V&A) is questioning the value of digitising museum and gallery collections, Europeana has launched Art Up Your Tab which brings a new image to your screen every time you open a new tab in Chrome.
The Museums Association has launched the new phase of Museums Change Lives, so museums can increase their social impact through health and wellbeing, making places better to live and work in, and inspiring engagement, debate and reflection.
The new wildlife hide at Kielder is clad with Shou Sugi Ban - charred timber, a traditional Japanese material. Larch planks are charred to make them resistant to rot, and then oiled to further protect the surface. Read more about Shou Sugi Ban [Link removed 12/12/23 as no longer in existence]..
Newcastle University Master of Architecture students have designed and built the new hide at Bakethin, as part of the Heritage Lottery funded Living Wild at Kielder project.
Architecture students from Newcastle University are building a new wildlife hide at Kielder. This is part of Living Wild at Kielder, which brings new opportunities for people to find out and experience wildlife at Kielder.
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- Leeches and Stories of Glass
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- Goulash Cannon and Tin Helmet
- Remembrance
- Making glass at the National Glass Centre
- The Canary Girls
- Recycling from the First World War
- The Talented and Colossal Mademoiselle D'Jeck
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- On the border of Slovenia and Hungary
- Culture Matters
- Slovenia
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- A piece of Hungarian social history
- Museum + Heritage Show; Arts Professional
- Evaluation training in Slovenia and Croatia
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- The Old Herring Factory, Djúpavík
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- Nicola appointed to Board: Kuratórium
- Workshop in Hungary
- Evaluation Training in Hungary