The Atkinson holds a shrimping cart in its collection that has recently been conserved by local craftsman Phill Gregson. This cart will be going onto display in the new museum space in 2015 along with associated objects. The plan was always to take the newly restored cart out for one last fishing trip before it went onto display which would ...

A review article written by Emma Sumner Knowsley Council have made a huge cultural investment as part of their regeneration plans for Kirkby.  Recently opening the £5m purpose built Kirkby Centre, the council has transformed the old tired and dated building in to a modern fit-for-purpose facility where all its key services will be housed.  Most importantly, the centre contains ...

There has been a lot of discussion lately on the importance of partnerships within our sector and beyond. Following the NMDC meeting at the end of January on national partnerships and the ICOM Uk conference on international partnerships in London,  the Cumbria Museums Consortium organised the Power of Partnerships conference to reflect on current practices and to demonstrate the evidence of thriving new models of ...