Media Coverage

Museum of the Future: Tool of Soft Power?

Gail Lord talks to Art Media Agency about soft power of museums.

Paradigm Shift Soft Power & Creativity

Maarten Okkersen, Museon, The Hague, Netherlands, reviews the October 2015 Amsterdam's Hands On! Conference that aimed to explore the ways in which museums can encourage imagination, creativity and lifelong learning in children. In her conference keynote speech, Gail Lord urged city governments to embrace museums as the signifiers of their cities, increasing real estate values while attracting investment, tourists and creative workers. Gail also presented 15 tips to help museums activate their Soft Power and use it as a tool, and discussed developments in the knowledge economy and the changing landscape of informal learning.

Maria Piacente is quoted in this article about Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, and Legacy.

Jasper Visser reviews Cities, Museums, and Soft Power by Gail Lord and Ngaire Blankenberg.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the Bihar Museum in Patna, India. Lord Cultural Resources developed the project.

The author of the article, Ming Liu, talks about Gail Lord, her 30-plus years of experience and expertise in cultural projects, and her new book Cities, Museums and Soft Power. 

Newsweek Europe Features 5-Page article based on Art & Energy: How Culture Changes by Barry Lord, entitled "The 'energy debate' is really a revolution in what we think about everything".

The State of Bihar, India, conceived of an ambitious and well thought-out project to rejuvenate, rebuild and rebrand the Patna Museum as the Bihar International Museum. The idea was to gift to the public, especially Bihar's children, a learning resource that stood up to the best international standards. Lord Cultural Resources was appointed to develop Master Plan for the Museum. 

Magna Carta – Law, Liberty and Legacy exhibition is presented at the Canadian Museum of History from June 12 to July 26, 2015. This is the exhibition's first stop on an exclusive six-month Canadian tour marking the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. The travelling exhibition has been organized by Lord Cultural Resources, with the generous support of the Government of Canada. Listen to the interview with Maria Piacente, Vice President, at CBC radio and read the article in Newswire.

Dubai Culture and Lord Cultural Resources signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will vastly improve the education and training of Emiratis looking to make their careers in Museum Studies and the Cultural Sector.