Giving a voice to museum people in the North West since 1927
Ruth McKew, Consultancy Director of Headland Design talks about the experiences and challenges of their most recent project in Malawi
Headland has been providing heritage design and consultancy services for more than 20 years. We particularly enjoy our projects in the north-west, often in museums that we visit with our families or where we already know the staff and volunteers. I was Museum Officer at the Cheshire Military Museum in Chester, when I first met the Headland team, who were ...
Wed Apr 8
Leicester University launches open online museum studies course
In partnership with National Museums Liverpool, the University of Leicester recently unveiled the world’s first museum studies Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). MOOCs are online courses with unlimited participation. ‘Behind the scenes at the 21st Century museum’ is a six-week course, comprising of two hours a week. Since it was launched, 4,000 people have signed up for the course which ...
Thu Apr 2