Museums Journal is an online resource and monthly print magazine published by the Museums Association . Museums Journal is a leading source of news and information for museums, galleries, heritage sites and historic houses. Simon Stephens is the current editor, with Eleanor Mills the deputy editor.
7-588: Museums Journal is free for all individual members of the Museums Association. Non-members can subscribe. Museums Journal publishes news stories daily, Q&As with museum sector leaders, alongside monthly features, comment, news analysis, reviews, and a section dedicated to museum people. New museums and exhibitions are peer-reviewed in Museums Journal, and website users can log in to add their own comments. Both UK and international openings are covered by
14-562: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Elijah Howarth Elijah Howarth FRAS (25 June 1853, Liverpool – 1 April 1938, Dronfield ) was an English museum curator and astronomer. Howarth was the son of a labourer. In 1871 he started work at the Liverpool Museum . His early exhibition work helped establish the Walker Art Gallery and allowed him to develop his skills as an art conservator . In 1876 he
21-666: The Circulation Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum , and a semi-professional artist who had trained at the Royal College of Art . This trade magazine–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . This museum-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This news magazine or journal-related article
28-459: The magazine. A weekly blog is written by the editorial staff. Practical work and case studies are covered in Museums Journal' s sister publication, Museum Practice . Museums Journal is editorially independent of the Museums Association. It represents the Museums Association's policy priorities and work programmes as well as other views. The editor has final say about what is published. It
35-777: Was appointed curator at newly opened Sheffield City Museum in Weston Park. He went on to set up the Weston Park Observatory in 1880 and two years later developed the Weston Park Weather Station. He also founded the Mappin Art Gallery and High Hazels Museum. He was the founding member of the Museums Association , and served as their secretary from 1891-1909. He was also editor of their journal, Museums Journal , which he edited from 1901 to 1909. He
42-513: Was first published in 1901. Elijah Howarth was the first editor, and remained editor until 1909, when he resigned. Peter van Mensch described the publication as "the first national journal for the museum field as a whole". Joseph Bailey (1860-1950) was the Editor of the Museums Journal from 1921-26, and the President of the Museums Association from 1924-26. He was the former Secretary and Keeper of
49-473: Was trained in astronomy by John Couch Adams who also sponsored his election as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1881. He was also an active freemason . Howarth married Ann Jane Fairclough (1854-1915) on 9 December 1875. Together they had six children: After becoming a widower he married Maud Elizabeth Fresson (1875-1949) in 1915. This English biographical article
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