Manchester Museum, Museum of Liverpool, Imperial War Museum North, the Harris Museum and Art Gallery in Preston, St. Helen's Glass Museum and the Potteries Museum in Stoke on Trent are among the Northern museums featured in the stories selected for the writing competition Inspired by. The competition was launched at the MA conference in Nov 2013 offering the opportunity to selected writers to ...

The number of children visiting a museum or gallery has fallen by nearly 10% since 2009/10 according to the latest Taking Part annual child statistics.  The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said that visits to museums and galleries by children has remained steady over the past five years – with 63.2% of five to 15-years olds visiting in 2008/09 and ...