Mapping Museums Lab

Which museums have closed in 2024 and 2025 so far, and why? Our new blog reports on recent closures of sixteen museums. buff.ly/lBWJ0Yy

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

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

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: ow.ly/ZhhW50VJyvf

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: buff.ly/RqKyUaF #Museums #ONSData

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. buff.ly/1K41cz0

Leeds Council is consulting on the closure of Abbey House Museum, which has been open since 1927. You can have your say here: surveys.leeds.gov.uk/s/UZ1NOE/

The fourth museum closure this year: Durham Museum closed due to rising costs as trust seeks new home for collection buff.ly/3ViRoHq

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. buff.ly/411Qfay

The People's Story Museum is reopening after a public outcry buff.ly/4fGuQrF

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 buff.ly/3UC6dEE

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: ow.ly/9BAh50U0EhB

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

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: buff.ly/3UbrG6W

The Mapping Museums database is available once again. Search and browse all you like at museweb.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/home

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 buff.ly/3Zn5c6r

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: buff.ly/3TiLViK

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

@MuseumsMapping @mikeyp4 Jerwood Foundation who commissioned the sculpture ‘Man on Man ‘ made by Sokari Douglas Camp auctioned it off. They might know who owns it

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.

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

@MuseumsMapping Hi... The sculpture is called Man on Man and it's by Sokari Douglas Camp. It was unveiled at the Commonwealth Institute in 2002 following an award from the Jerwood Art Commissions Scheme. Not sure what happened to it... There was one sold at auction in 2012...hopefully not this