Unravelling the legalities of the stolen British Museum artefacts
The scandal of the British Museum thefts has sparked an immense, international public reaction but, as litigation expert Rosie Adc…
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Community is the foundation of culture
Heritage Open Days returns with thousands of free events and experiences. The National Trust’s Tom Freshwater reflects on wh…
British Museum: From looter to looted
From the perspective of Greece or Nigeria, the word irony hardly does justice to the sad spectacle unfolding at the British Museum…
Art Fund awards £1m to boost inclusion in curatorial staff
Art Fund has awarded £1m in grants for museums and galleries to improve inclusion in the workforce. The funding co…
Museum floats homes development plan ‘to safeguard future’
A museum in Hampshire has submitted plans to build homes on its site in order to generate income to secure its future. Bursledon B…
Museum returns Aboriginal artefacts
Manchester Museum has announced a large-scale repatriation of artefacts from its collection. The programme will see 174 cultural h…
Funding boost for arts and culture in Salford
Salford City Council has set aside a total of £475,000 for arts, culture, and heritage with money from the UK government'…
Scottish museum returns totem pole to Nisga’a nation
A 163-year-old totem pole has been returned from Scotland to the Nisga’a nation in British Colombia in what is thought to be…
Belsay Hall reopens following major conservation project
Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens in Northumberland has reopened to the public after a major two-year conservation and revival proje…
Heritage Fund invests in first anti-apartheid centre
A new centre dedicated to the anti-apartheid movement is to be created after securing a £1.2m grant from The National Lotter…
National Gallery closed due to incident on roof
The National Gallery in London had to be evacuated and closed to the public on Tuesday (22 September) due to an incident involving…
‘More than 1,500’ artefacts stolen from British Museum
The number of items allegedly taken from the British Museum’s collection by senior curator Peter Higgs is thought to exceed…
Project to explore Shakespeare’s ‘hidden’ women
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) has announced the launch of a three year project exploring the role of women in creating an…
Over half of galleries unaware of Martyn’s Law
Research has revealed that 55% of UK galleries are unaware of Martyn’s Law, a new piece of legislation which requires them t…
Additional funding to green Scotland’s museums
The Scottish Government is to make more than £1m available to museums and galleries to help them achieve net zero emiss…
British Museum to review security following artefacts theft
The British Museum has said it will conduct an independent review of its security after items from its collection were found to be…
National Gallery ranked best value museum in Europe
A study looking at reviews, admissions fees, Instagram popularity and opening hours to determine which European museum is the best…
Glass museum reopens following £1m renovation
A museum charting the history of glass production has reopened following a £1m refurbishment. The World of Glass in St Helen…
Museum and gallery visits remain 25% down on pre-pandemic
Fewer international tourists since the pandemic identified as one of the reasons why visitor levels for leading museums and galler…
Glasgow Council considers £36m People’s Palace refurb
A proposal to ‘restore, reimagine and enhance’ the 125-year-old People’s Palace and Winter Gardens claims struct…
British Museum settles legal case with translator
The British Museum has settled a court case after acknowledging it used the work of a translator without permission or payment and…
English Heritage launches £11m apprenticeship programme
The charity aims to train a new generation in vanishing heritage skills needed to preserve endangered historic properties, includi…
British Museum urged to remove BP name
More than 80 people from heritage, arts and climate backgrounds have written an open letter to the British Museum calling on it to…
Welsh heritage sites receive £4.1m boost
National Heritage Memorial Fund awards money to several heritage sites in Wales that were affected by the Covid pandemic.
