£210m Cultural Heart plan ‘commonplace and risky’
A shopping precinct turned arts centre due for demolition should instead be a model for other town centres, a think tank argues.
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Manchester Museum reopening delayed
Manchester Museum's reopening has been delayed due to "the challenges of the pandemic". Initially slated for the end…
Touring exhibitions need local focus
Amid Covid, Brexit and climate change, new touring models that prioritise collaboration with communities and other institutions pr…
British Museum considers BP sponsorship renewal
The British Museum plans to renew its controversial sponsorship deal with BP, according to internal emails. Documents obtained by…
Plastics collection awarded nationally significant status
A collection of designs in plastic has been designated as nationally important by Arts Council England. Held by the Museum of Desi…
Tate’s ‘backward step’
Tate Exchange – the only dedicated community co-creation programme in a major museum – is to be discontinued. Stella T…
Bristol museums face £436k cut
Bristol City Council is considering a £436,000 cut to funding for its museums and archives. The 10% reduction is one proposa…
Council stokes fear over museum restructure
Stoke-on-Trent City Council's planned cut to museum funding will have an “immediate, significant and long-lasting advers…
AR project creates digital monuments in Trafalgar Square
An augmented reality project telling untold stories of Black Britons has gone live at London’s Trafalgar Square. Visitors to…
Museum of London prepares for relocation
The Museum of London’s main site is closing at the end of year as it prepares for relocation. The museum is moving to West S…
The ethics of sponsorship
Choosing a multinational oil and gas corporation as the major sponsor of a climate change exhibition sounds like something straigh…
UK’s first war and conflict gallery planned
Imperial War Museums (IWM) is preparing the UK’s first art, film and photography gallery on war and conflict. The gallery is…
Where are the red lines on ethical fundraising?
In recent years, as climate change has intensified, so has controversy around fossil fuel funding. Chris Garrard says we must lear…
Digital award winners embrace new audiences
Those who showcased best practice in digital leadership did so by addressing the challenges of the pandemic.
£1.1m granted to museum and heritage projects
The Art Fund has announced recipients of the second and third wave of its Reimagine grants programme. More than £1.1m will b…
Mediating the ‘colonial gaze’
In times when the coloniality of many institutions is being called out, Paul Basu negotiates the ethics of displaying images and a…
Council set to cut all arts funding
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council must reconsider plans to abolish all grant funding for local arts from April,…
UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum to open in spring
The UK's first museum dedicated to LGBTQ+ history and people will soon open in King's Cross. Queer Britain aim to open a f…
Art Fund grants support curatorial talent
Four curators have been awarded a share of £150,000 through Art Fund's New Collecting Awards. Louis Platman (Museum of t…
Horniman Museum plants micro-forest
The Horniman Museum is planting a micro-forest on its site. A 300m2 area of the south London museum's grounds is being redevel…
Leaders take top honours in New Years list
Over 90 arts professionals were recognised for services to the sector in 2021.
Heritage key to historic town growth, report finds
Heritage-led regeneration is key for growth in Britain’s historic town centres, according to planning consultants Lichfields…
Curators and librarians among ‘most trusted’ professions
Museum curators and librarians rank among the top five most trusted professions in the UK, according to a survey by Ipsos Mori. 93…
English museums tighten Covid measures
Museums across the UK are tightening their Covid measures in light of the Omicron variant. The Museum Associations reports many mu…
