During the late twentieth century, the number of museums in the UK more than tripled. The Mapping Museum research project was devised in response to the absence of coherent data on that expansion. Our aim was to document and analyse how the sector changed between 1960 and 2020.

This website provides access to a database, key findings, transcripts of interviews with museum founders and staff, films and podcasts, and other resources produced by the project, including the downloadble data and software linked to the project.