Scottish government commits £200,000 to ‘slavery museum’
All six recommendations of independent steering group, set up to advise on how museums and galleries can better reflect the countr…
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Council seeks reallocation of government cash to save arts centre
Woking Council will ask the government if it can use money provided for digital strategy to keep an arts centre open. The BBC repo…
Activists urge architects to boycott British Museum redesign
Environmental campaigners are calling on architects not to take part in a contest to redesign around a third of the British Museum…
Scrapping free entry to Welsh museums ‘inevitable’
The introduction of admission fees at all national museum sites in Wales due to “critical” financial pressures has an…
V&A Dundee halves its major exhibit output to cut costs
V&A Dundee will reduce the number of major exhibitions it stages each year as part of “mitigating measures” to cut…
Natural heritage sites to share £15.6m of funding
National Lottery Heritage Fund will introduce a landscape and nature-focused initiative later this year as part of its 10-year str…
Scottish museums share £400,000 development funding
Museums Galleries Scotland has awarded grants worth £420,000 to nine projects via the Museum Development Fund. The pro…
Cornwall museum awarded £2.1m Levelling Up support
Successful grant bid for the Royal Cornwall Museum comes less than two years after it faced closure following a loss of council su…
Consultation on future of Leeds museum launches
Leeds City Council has launched a public consultation on proposals to end its lease on the site of a local heritage museum. The Th…
More than 1,700 artefacts ‘missing’ from DCMS-funded museums
Freedom of Information requests have revealed more than 1,700 artefacts are missing from publicly funded museums and art galleries…
Hampshire Council cuts puts cultural organisations at risk
Hampshire Cultural Trust said that four of its museums and an arts centre could be forced to shut their doors within 12 months.
Thousands sign petition against Middlesbrough museum closure
Around 4,000 people have signed a petition calling for Middlesbrough Council to keep the town's Captain Cook Birthplace Museum…
DCMS consults public on inventory of ‘intangible’ culture
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched an online consultation on the government's plans to ratify the…
Peers support return of Parthenon sculptures
Former Brexit negotiator is among those calling for artefacts to be returned, arguing it should be on the condition of a new cultu…
British Museum signs controversial £50m deal with oil giants BP
New 10-year partnership with BP will support transformation described by museum as 'one of the most significant cultural redev…
Council extends museum lease to secure its future
Worcester Council has extended the lease of a historic museum in the city to 999 years to help secure its long-term future. Offici…
Media museum cinema remains closed over RAAC concerns
The main cinema in Bradford's National Science and Media Museum will remain closed for "at least six months” becaus…
Jewish Museum London gets funding for community work
The Jewish Museum London has received more than £200,000 to work in the community ahead of a move to a new building. The Nat…
British Museum told to ‘define its collection’ in review
An independent review into thefts at The British Museum has made a series of recommendations on risk management, auditing, go…
Museum Wales’ £325k payoff ‘least-worst outcome’
Senior civil servants have defended their handling of an employment dispute that resulted in a payout of over £325k to the f…
‘Hazardous substance risk’ behind museum closure
A museum was prevented from reopening after a health and safety inspection discovered "hazardous substances risks"…
Review of indemnity scheme for loaning items underway
Review of government scheme may see humidity, temperature and light arrangements for storing cultural items on loan agreed on a ca…
Sunak snubs Greek PM over Parthenon sculptures claim
Greek Prime Minister has been calling for the return of the entire Parthenon frieze to Athens since taking office five years ago.
Museum delays reopening as bad weather hinders repairs
A Lancashire museum undergoing roof repairs has delayed its reopening until next year due to severe weather conditions. Blackburn…
