As cultural organisations begin to intensify equality, diversity and inclusion work, Stephen Welsh reflects on his own experiences as a memb

Librarians who began practising in the last twenty years have had the phrases, ‘the death of the book,’ and ‘the end of libraries’ ringing i

At a time of intense reflection for our cultural organisations, Stephen Welsh challenges museums and galleries to consider what ‘benevolence

This article presents some of the methods used to provide emotional support to volunteers working with the Manchester Together Archive (MTA)

In this 2-part article, Kostas Arvanitis reflects on what collecting spontaneous memorials after traumatic events, such as terrorist attacks

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, museums increased their digital activities. This Insight summarises trajectories of this sudden digital trans

As museums around the world have increasingly committed to making themselves digitally accessible to the public during lockdown, we have bee

In the era of Black Lives Matter, what options are available for dealing with monuments, memorials and statuary with colonialist links?

What can museums learn from other cultural institutions addressing conflict, memory and transitional justice to support communities during t

Symbol, site and structure: the house is not one, but all three of these components’. (Ashton 2015: 290)

We often refer to the ‘texture’, the ‘materiality’ and the ‘tactility’ of artworks, even though we cannot touch them. Florrie Badley conside

The last decade has seen a growing interest amongst museum professionals in developing a curatorial practice grounded in affect. In this Ins