Canning Dock redevelopment to investigate historic slave trade
National Museums Liverpool (NML) has announced the winners of a competition to redevelop Liverpool’s Canning Dock. Architect…
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Futureproofing the museum sector
Sarah Philp explores the challenge of developing funding to get more people to visit museums and see more art.
British Museum ventures into NFT sales
The British Museum is dipping its toe into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by selling more than 200 digital postcards depicting th…
£14.5m for AI to curate national heritage collection
AHRC’s investment will support artificially intelligent programmes to create unified virtual collections of the UK’s m…
Tate Modern was UK’s most visited museum last year
Data from the last quarter of 2020 has revealed Tate Modern to be the most visited museum in England last year. The museum attract…
Blackpool begins work on £13m Showtown Museum
Work has begun on Blackpool’s Showtown Museum after delays caused by the pandemic. The £13m project, which will tell t…
Heritage tower demolished after Dorries overturns listing
The heritage sector has criticised new Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries’ decision to overturn Dorman Long Tower’s Grad…
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery is moving house
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery will move out of Apsley House, allaying concerns it could be closed indefinitely. Work will no…
British Museum plans new gallery in Shropshire
A 'partnership gallery' at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery will open in 2024, the British Museum has announced. The mu…
Barbican seeks design team for building revamp
The Barbican Centre and City of London are searching for a design team to refurbish the city centre arts venue. A competition …
Curators of the future
Being disabled in the visual arts sector has presented galleries with serious challenges. But Mike Layward is optimistic about pro…
Belgium prescribes culture for Covid stress
Patients diagnosed with Covid-related stress in Brussels are being prescribed free visits to museums and galleries. Doctors at Bru…
‘Political sentiment’ to trouble removal of hospital founder’s statue
Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation says it will remove a statue of the London hospital's founder, Thomas Guy, to &…
Museums tackling loneliness
In rural areas such as Cornwall, the pandemic has exacerbated loneliness, with vulnerable people losing their sense of commun…
Bank of England removes art with slavery links
The Bank of England has removed 10 oil paintings and busts of governors and directors with known connections to the transatlantic…
‘Promising leads’ on new home for Vagina Museum
London's Vagina Museum is searching for a new home after its landlord, Camden Market, decided not to renew its lease. Developm…
Call to patronise local museums as visitors favour big name sites
Museums have not yet returned to full strength despite restrictions lifting. The challenges for smaller and larger sites this…
Science Museum used ‘misleading’ tool to justify big oil sponsorship
The museum promoted itself as the first in the cultural sector to assess potential partners using a climate action benchmark that…
Glasgow cultural operator to cut 500 jobs
Glasgow Life says it's unrealistic to expect it can reopen 80 of its venues, including several libraries and the UK's only…
Forging a new partnership
The museum and heritage sector has always been collaborative. But, says Carolyn Young, the need for supporting each other to build…
Masks to stay in arts venues as Stage 4 opening confirmed
The Government "expect and recommend" masks in enclosed public spaces – and cultural venues are taking the lead.
Young people taking the lead
A new programme aimed at engaging 18-to-25 year olds with museums and galleries hands over control of the creative direction to th…
My Gurus: Challenging expectations
Anne de Charmant reveals the people who have inspired her work, particularly in rethinking audiences’ relationships with con…
Emergency funding saved 2,400 heritage jobs
The National Lottery Heritage Fund says its speedy funding response to Covid-19 saved jobs and facilitated social distancing. But…
