Mapping Museums Lab

Research team gathering and analysing data on UK museums

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

Which museums have closed in 2024 and 2025 so far, and why? Our new blog reports on recent closures of sixteen museums. https://t.co/dAfHPvkLSA

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

Our database is back up again - thank you for your patience while we worked to resolve the problem.

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

The Mapping Museums database is currently offline due to server issues. We hope to have it up and running as soon as we can.

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

The Mapping Museums database is currently offline due to server issues. We hope to have it up and running as soon as we can.

[Museums Association @MuseumsAssoc]

News | ‘Most short-sighted decision council has ever made’: Museum of Cannock Chase shuts its doors – Staffordshire venue closes after 36 years due to budget cuts

Read: https://t.co/WPe0gx2Acy

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) report on UK museums includes data from the Mapping Museums Lab, detailing the distribution of museums across local authority areas. Read more: https://t.co/phqhfvELps #Museums #ONSData

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

When is a museum closed? It's not always obvious. Read our new blog to explore some of the problems of deciding when a museum has really shut. https://t.co/CPXitT1C1j

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

Leeds Council is consulting on the closure of Abbey House Museum, which has been open since 1927. You can have your say here: https://t.co/bnTVGSvoEU

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

The fourth museum closure this year: Durham Museum closed due to rising costs as trust seeks new home for collection https://t.co/BPWI3eQ0ZZ

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

How are we visualising where collections go when museums close? Our new blog explores some of the ways that we've visualised the data we've collected so far. https://t.co/0W1W55Pff0

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

The People's Story Museum is reopening after a public outcry https://t.co/giZwmpwWZF

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

We're in the @MuseumsAssoc Museums Journal! Read about our current project on closure and what happens to collections, and find out how you can help us with some elusive closed museums https://t.co/LwJbboGa5m

[Museums Association @MuseumsAssoc]

News | Mapping Museums Lab (@MuseumsMapping) goes in search of lost collections – research team seeks help finding out what happened to objects after museums closed down

Read: https://t.co/ZQLQnsSDHQ

[Centre for Museum Cultures at Birkbeck @MuseumsBirkbeck]

A reminder of this excellent event on Thursday 24th October at 6pm - make sure you book!

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

How do we research closed museums and their collections? What kinds of things do we try, and where have we got stuck? Read about getting stuck with research, and see how you can help: https://t.co/Q4xjFSdrpY

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

The Mapping Museums database is available once again. Search and browse all you like at https://t.co/opiSvB4Ubf

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

How did we find out where the collections of hundreds of closed museums have gone? Read on for some stories of where we looked for our new data https://t.co/lkQFhDO4zt

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

Join us on 24 October for a discussion with Fiona Candlin and Raiford Guins, hosted by Jo Morra. Explore the world of closed museums, video game collections, and the afterlives of objects. More details: https://t.co/e7a8sD1AuS

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

@S_DouglasCamp @mikeyp4 Thank you - we can follow up with Jerwood

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

Can you help us with a little bit of research? We're trying to identify this sculpture that used to be displayed in front of the Commonwealth Institute. If you know anything about it and especially what happened to it, we'd love to know.

[Mapping Museums Lab @MuseumsMapping]

@mikeyp4 That's great, thanks for the information.