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09/09/2026

News | Paisley Museum sets new reopening date for 2027 🔗

Fit-out and install programme is expected to complete in 2026 before a public reopening next year

09/09/2026

News | Modernist Wimbledon home added to National Trust portfolio. Parkside in Wimbledon, designed by architects Richard and Su Rogers, will open to the public this weekend. 🔗

2 Parkside in Wimbledon, designed by architects Richard and Su Rogers, will open to the public this weekend.

08/09/2026

How can a museum visit stay with families long after they leave?

Learn how CAP.CO - Creating Adventurous Places Ltd. is using adventure play to help children build confidence, curiosity and a deeper connection to museum stories.

🔗 Read the full story here: https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/a-brief-story-of-what-museums-play-and-parents-share/

08/09/2026

News | The National Lottery Heritage Fund sets out its 2026-29 delivery plan, including £20m for young people and £130m for at-risk heritage.

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National Lottery Heritage Fund sets out its 2026-29 delivery plan, pledging over £1.4bn including £20m for young people and £130m for at-risk heritage.

07/09/2026

Take a first look at some of the fantastic exhibitors already confirmed for the Museums + Heritage Show 2027.

🔔 This is the final month to secure your stand at our early-bird rates.

Explore next year’s floor plan and book your space today: https://mandhshow2027.expofp.com/

Featuring:

1956 Individuals
art1st design studio
Dellner Glass Solutions
Genus - Archive Digitise
Glasshaus Displays Ltd
Munters Global
Nimbus Disability
Preservation Equipment Ltd.
SMARTIFY
Socktopus
Terentia
Universal Fibre Optics

07/09/2026

‘Set-jetting’ trend drives young visitor boost at at National Trust 🔗

National Trust reports a 26% rise in young members, with Calke Abbey drawing larger crowds after featuring in Peaky Blinders film.

03/09/2026

Don't miss this week's specialist supplier, System Simulation.

System Simulation provides specialist collections management and digital asset systems for museums, archives and heritage institutions. With over 30 years’ experience, its CollectionsIndex+ platform helps organisations catalogue, manage and share collections securely, both on-site and online.

🔗 Find out more here: https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/directory/system-simulation/

02/09/2026

News | Taskmaster's upcoming contestants improvise museum tours at London Museum of Water & Steam 🔗

Series 22 contestants improvised museum tours for interview task videos filmed at London Museum of Water & Steam.

01/09/2026

“It was such an honour to win the award [...] , it’s a massive team effort, and this really justified the years of hard work and careful negotiations with MI5 to make it happen.”

Steve Burgess, Head of Exhibitions at The National Archives, shares the origin story behind 'MI5: Official Secrets' – the exhibition created in partnership with MI5 that won Best Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year (budget more than £80,000).

🔗 Read the full article here: https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/spies-and-their-histories-a-winning-formula-for-the-national-archives/

Submissions for the next edition of the Museums + Heritage Awards open again on 2 November 2026.

Volunteer awarded Museums + Heritage Award's 'Volunteer of the Year Award for time taken to recover, name by name, a previously lost history

27/08/2026

Don't miss this week's specialist supplier, Gemini Data Loggers (Tinytag).

Tinytag data loggers are an effective and reliable solution to monitoring environmental conditions in museums, archives and heritage sites. In situations where maintaining stable temperature and humidity levels is crucial, Tinytags provide fast and accurate data which enables informed preservation and conservation practices.

https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/directory/gemini-data-loggers-tinytag/