Repatriation: Museums must be ‘transparent’ about collections
Fresh guidance on repatriation calls for museums to tell the full stories behind their collections, including items that may…
Fresh guidance on repatriation calls for museums to tell the full stories behind their collections, including items that may…
The Brunel Museum has announced it will use funding from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund to create a new programme in suppor…
New investment strategy for National Lottery Heritage Fund likely to feature larger grants for increased impact, with a focus on a…
Controversial plans to add a new central hall to the National Railway Museum in York have been approved after a knife-edge vote fr…
Government figures suggests the gap in participation in the arts between the most and least deprived people widened as the country…
The world's first iron-framed building will open next month as a visitor attraction following a £28m restoration. Known…
The third round of a programme aimed at responding to the challenges and financial constraints currently facing heritage orga…
A portrait of slave owner Sir Thomas Picton has gone back on display at the National Museum of Cardiff alongside newly commissione…
The Museum of London has received three major donations totalling £7m towards the creation of its new home at West Smithfiel…
Historic England has awarded 57 projects a total of £774,000 from its Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Hi…
New research shows that “the pandemic was a time to reassess museum purpose and find new ways of keeping relevant”, sa…
A second world war Ukrainian Cross in Cornwall has been awarded Grade II listed status by DCMS. It is being granted to “reco…
With the climate crisis worsening, museum professionals are having to put environmental issues at the forefront of their decision-…
The Natural History Museum (NHM) is “set on a course that can only lead to irrelevance and failure”, a former member o…
The Horniman museum in South East London has been crowned the Art Fund museum of the year. This year’s edition of the annual…
An open letter signed by more than 400 teachers and educators is calling on the Science Museum to drop oil giant Adani as sponsor…
Local authorities in the areas of the seven funded projects in Cultural Development Fund round two are found to have strong cultur…
Three Sudanese museums that received £1 million in funding from the British Council are demanding the return of colonial art…
The Stoke-on-Trent City Archives are due to be relocated into the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery thanks to a major investment in…
Herefordshire Council has agreed to invest £8m of capital funding for the complete refurbishment of Hereford Museum and Art…
The Royal Cornwall Museum is at risk of closure after Cornwall Council rejected its funding bid. The local authority received 51 a…
The Heritage Innovation Fund will offer a combination of financial support and advice to help organisations meet the workforce cha…
The National Police Coordination Centre has warned museums and galleries to tighten security after climate activists from the grou…
Young people aged 16 to 25 have helped to curate a new exhibition at Ulster Museum in Belfast, assembling objects that represent t…