How we research, write, fact-check, correct, and fund our coverage.
Museum Heritage Review is an independent publication. We accept no sponsorship, no paid placement, no affiliate revenue, and no commission on ticket sales. We have no commercial relationship with any museum, tourism board, or government agency. Our editors visit the institutions we cover as members of the public, pay the standard admission, and do not request press passes or privileged access.
Every article we publish is written from scratch by a named editor, based on their own on-site research. We do not aggregate from other publications, we do not rewrite press releases as editorial, and we do not commission articles from writers working remotely from secondary sources. Where an editor has not personally visited the institution being covered, we say so explicitly in the piece.
Factual claims in our articles — historical dates, object dimensions, inventory numbers, attributions, architectural facts — are checked against at least two of the following: the museum's own catalogue or website; publications of the Supreme Council of Antiquities; the peer-reviewed Egyptological literature; and authoritative reference works (the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, the Lexikon der Ägyptologie, and similar). Where the scholarly position on a question is contested or has shifted, we indicate that in the article rather than presenting a single view as settled.
Where we draw on published work, we attribute it by name and, where relevant, by date. We link to the source where possible. We do not use unnamed sources for factual claims. Where we interview curators, conservators, or other museum staff for context on a specific topic, we identify them by name and position.
We do not use generative AI systems to write, draft, or summarise our articles. Every sentence published on the site has been written by a human editor. We believe this commitment is meaningful in a moment when much online writing about heritage subjects is being produced by systems that have no ability to verify what they claim.
Photographs on the site come from three sources: (1) images released by the institution itself, usually through an official press office; (2) images available under a Creative Commons licence on Wikimedia Commons or equivalent; and (3) images taken by our own editors on site (where photography is permitted by the institution). Every image is credited on the article page with the photographer's name and, where applicable, the licence under which it is used. Where an image is of unclear provenance, we do not use it.
We try hard to be accurate but errors happen. If you spot a factual error in anything we have published, please write to [email protected]. We aim to acknowledge correction emails within two working days and to update the article within 48 hours of verification. Corrections are published at the foot of the article with a dated note describing what has been changed.
Where a change is substantive — for example, a shift in an object's attribution or dating — we update both the body of the article and the foot-note. For typographical or formatting corrections we update silently.
If an editor has a personal or professional relationship with the subject of an article — for example, a past employment with the institution covered — we declare the relationship at the foot of the piece and, where possible, assign the article to a different editor.
We read all reader mail sent to [email protected]. We aim to reply to specific questions within two working days. We cannot answer general questions about travel, guides, or ticket arrangements — we are not a travel agency, and we are not qualified to give such advice — but we are happy to engage with questions of historical or curatorial substance.
Museum Heritage Review is self-funded by its editorial team. We accept no external sponsorship, no grants, and no institutional support. Our running costs are modest and are covered out of pocket by the editors. We do not run advertising and have no plans to introduce it.
This policy may be revised from time to time as the publication develops. The date at the top of the page records the most recent revision. Material changes will be noted in the email digest.
Questions about our editorial practice should be directed to [email protected].