@MuseumsMapping

Research team gathering and analysing data on UK museums

 Bloomsbury, London
mapping-museums.bbk.ac.uk/
Joined November 2016
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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
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Our database is back up again - thank you for your patience while we worked to resolve the problem.
Mapping Museums Lab@MuseumsMapping6 May 2025
The Mapping Museums database is currently offline due to server issues. We hope to have it up and running as soon as we can.
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The Mapping Museums database is currently offline due to server issues. We hope to have it up and running as soon as we can.
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Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
Museums Association@MuseumsAssoc29 Apr 2025
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
Exterior of the Museum of Cannock Chase

ALT Exterior of the Museum of Cannock Chase

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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
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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
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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/UZ1NO…

Abbey House Museum Consultation

Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.

surveys.leeds.gov.uk
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The fourth museum closure this year: Durham Museum closed due to rising costs as trust seeks new home for collection buff.ly/3ViRoHq
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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
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The People's Story Museum is reopening after a public outcry buff.ly/4fGuQrF
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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
Haxted Watermill, a double fronted white weatherboard building with a small waterwheel to the right.

ALT Haxted Watermill, a double fronted white weatherboard building with a small waterwheel to the right.

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Mapping Museums Lab retweeted
Museums Association@MuseumsAssoc5 Nov 2024
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
The clapboard exterior of Haxted Watermill in Surrey, which closed as a museum in 2012

ALT The clapboard exterior of Haxted Watermill in Surrey, which closed as a museum in 2012

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A reminder of this excellent event on Thursday 24th October at 6pm - make sure you book!
Prof Fiona Candlin@FionaCandlin10 Sep 2024
An event for your diary: 'The Afterlives of Objects' Thursday 24th October 6pm at Birkbeck, Bloomsbury. Places are free but do book in advance. I'll be talking about our new research on museum closure and what happens to the collections. @Aimuseums bit.ly/3zcN98i
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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
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The Mapping Museums database is available once again. Search and browse all you like at museweb.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/home
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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
Looking across a large and mainly empty room. Empty display cabinets are on the left and right, one covered in a balnket, there is a stack of red plastic chairs on the right and empty cardboard boxes and other items are on the floor.

ALT Looking across a large and mainly empty room. Empty display cabinets are on the left and right, one covered in a balnket, there is a stack of red plastic chairs on the right and empty cardboard boxes and other items are on the floor.

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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
The interior of the abandoned Ringwood Town and Country Experience. Artificial shopfronts with assorted detritus are on either side, and an armchair with a missing foot sits in the distance.

ALT The interior of the abandoned Ringwood Town and Country Experience. Artificial shopfronts with assorted detritus are on either side, and an armchair with a missing foot sits in the distance.

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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.
A view of the Commonwealth Institute with a cluster of flagpoles on the left and a silver metal figurative sculpture of two figures in the foreground. One figure has a yellow mask and sits on the shoulders of the other.

ALT A view of the Commonwealth Institute with a cluster of flagpoles on the left and a silver metal figurative sculpture of two figures in the foreground. One figure has a yellow mask and sits on the shoulders of the other.

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Photo borrowed from this article about the building: c20society.org.uk/lost-moder…
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