Over the last month, we’ve been delving into each museum that made the cut for 2026, from Margate’s wacky Crab Museum (which took top spot) to a coal mining museum in Wales th ...

I grew up in Manchester, an old industrial city in northern England which rather unfortunately, became famous as the target of an IRA bomb which destroyed the city centre in 1995. But while the bomb ...

Manchester Museum has been recognised as one of Europe’s leading museums after winning the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) 2025. The annual prize is one of the most prestigious museum awards ...

The beautifully-illustrated books provide an important historical record to help us understand how and why bird populations have changed over time. This acquisition, a collaboration between two venues ...

A Manchester museum has unveiled plans for additional new galleries and improvements. An architect and lead designer is being sought for a key element of the plans. By the end of 2025, 50 per cent of ...

Written by James Taylor-Foster Published on July 03, 2015 "[The Whitworth's] galleries offer intellectual, visual and creative stimulus of the highest order; the collections are innovatively presented ...

Museums are always popular on rainy days during the school holidays, they’re places where kids can have fun, discover new things and learn about a whole manner of topics - in an environment that’s ...

The famous dino is heading off for a special residency ...

Manchester Museum has been announced as 2025's European Museum of the Year, and living nearby, I knew I just had to check it out. I have been there once before, but thought I'd return to see if there ...

Pablo Picasso once famously said, "Give me a museum and I'll fill it." From now into this fall, if paintings by the groundbreaking Spanish artist are what you seek, head to the Currier Museum of Art, ...

Asru, who lived 2,700 years ago, has been on display for two centuries but museum is trying to ‘decolonise’ exhibits One of Europe’s leading museums is asking visitors if it should continue to display ...