Plan to reopen Nottingham Castle gets green light
Nottingham Castle will reopen to the public after plans were formally approved by the city council. The museum and heritage site c…
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Museum and distillery opens in Northumberland
A new Anglo-Saxon museum and whisky distillery is hoping to become a major tourist attraction for Northumberland. The £…
Programme aims to ‘make young people feel welcome’ at museums and galleries
A training programme has been launched as part of efforts to make the heritage and culture sector a more welcoming place for teena…
Audiences turn to sites with free entry
Annual audience figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions show that post-pandemic, audiences are returning quick…
Campaigners protest ongoing closure of Swindon museum
Campaigners in Swindon calling for a museum to reopen held a tea party earlier this week to mark three years since its closure. Sw…
Staff at British Museum announce Easter strikes
Union workers at the British Museum have announced further strike dates over the Easter holidays, as part of widespread industrial…
DCMS reveals beneficiaries of £59m Culture Investment Fund
Third round of the government's Cultural Investment Fund sees £32m for culture projects, £5m for libraries and &po…
Museum’s artefact database ‘inaccessible’ after cyber attack
A cyber attack linked to Russian hackers that took place more than a year ago is continuing to prevent a museum from accessing its…
Nottingham Council to consider reopening city’s castle
Nottingham Castle could fully reopen to the public in June if plans are approved at a council meeting next week. The visitor attra…
Small increase in overseas visitors to museums and galleries
The number of people visiting DCMS-sponsored institutions from outside the UK showed slow signs of recovery last year, according t…
National Lottery Heritage Fund unveils new strategy
The 10-year strategy will see the continuation of open funding programmes alongside new ‘strategic funding streams’ in…
Young V&A to open in July
A museum designed with and for young people will open in London on 1 July. Young V&A, in London’s Bethnal Green, is the…
Museums ‘running out of space for historic artefacts’
Museums in England could soon run out of space for historic artefacts, according to a new report commissioned by Historic England…
Durham Light Infantry Museum set to reopen
A museum in Durham that closed in 2016 due to council cuts is set to reopen. Durham County Council's planning committee has ap…
A paradox for George’s marbles
Can a solution be found to the dilemma of the Elgin/Parthenon marbles? asks William Hancock.
London home for Migration Museum gets nod
The Migration Museum will be based across three floors of a 21-storey tower, provided rent-free by property developer who was a ch…
U-turn on plans to mobilise Museum of Cardiff
Cardiff Council has dropped plans to turn the Museum of Cardiff into a mobile attraction. The council proposed the move, which wou…
Welsh football museum gets £5m funding boost
Plans for a Welsh national football museum have received a £5.4m boost from the Welsh Government. The money will go to…
Change to definition of ‘treasure’ will help museums, says Minister
Proposed changes to the legal definition of ‘treasure’ will help museums acquire important historical items, the UK&rs…
Strike forces British Museum to close for three days
Staff members take part in week-long strike action organised by their union, as they call for a 10% pay rise in light of the risin…
Jersey heritage sites to open all year round
Jersey Heritage has decided to open almost all of its heritage sites year-round following increases in government funding and loca…
Sensory-based project aims to improve museum access
Project to create new ‘sensory logic’ in museums, by considering the role the senses play in the collection and displa…
Heritage sites welcomed record visitors in 2022
A number of historic heritage sites across England saw record increases in visitor numbers in 2022, according to figures from Engl…
East End Women’s Museum abandons plan for permanent home
A plan to create a permanent home for the East End Women’s Museum in Barking town centre has been scrapped. The trustees of…
