English Heritage launches £11m apprenticeship programme
The charity aims to train a new generation in vanishing heritage skills needed to preserve endangered historic properties, includi…
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British Museum urged to remove BP name
More than 80 people from heritage, arts and climate backgrounds have written an open letter to the British Museum calling on it to…
Welsh heritage sites receive £4.1m boost
National Heritage Memorial Fund awards money to several heritage sites in Wales that were affected by the Covid pandemic.
Art Fund invests in touring exhibitions
Art Fund is investing in programmes designed to support museums and galleries through touring and partnership working on exhibitio…
ANGUSalive Museums awarded £52k for World Culture project
ANGUSalive Museums have been awarded £52,646 in funding from Museums Galleries Scotland for their upcoming World Cultures Pr…
English Heritage to introduce ‘dress up’ for adults
Historical ‘dress up’ costumes aimed at adult visitors are due to be introduced at 11 English Heritage sites this summ…
Tate Liverpool to temporarily relocate to RIBA North
Tate Liverpool will move its operations to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) when major redevelopment work gets und…
Heritage Fund to provide £1bn over three years
The UK’s largest funder of heritage sets out its priorities for the first part of its new 10-year strategy.
Protests over proposed Glasgow Life staff cuts
Demonstrations to take place at Glasgow museums against staff cuts as union demands government help.
Jewish Museum London closes its doors
The Jewish Museum in London has closed its current site in Camden as part of plans to sell the building and reopen in a new locati…
Young V&A shop to carry LGBTQ+ books
The museum says it has also "identified replacement objects for the Young V&A Design Gallery that highlight trans themes&…
Heritage Alliance shares manifesto for policy change
Policy suggestions include VAT cuts on repairs, disincentives to demolition and a National Retrofit Strategy to meet net zero targ…
National Trust completes tapestry renovation project
The National Trust has announced the completion of a £1.7m, 24-year-long project to restore a set of 16th century tapestries…
Lottery grant a ‘crucial moment’ for Milton Keynes Gallery
A Lottery grant of almost a quarter of a million pounds is a “crucial moment” in the history of Milton Keynes Mus…
Museum of Cardiff to remain at current site
The Museum of Cardiff will remain in its current location for the next five years although concerns have been raised about its lon…
Wales details plans for its contemporary art collection
The Welsh Government has shared plans to showcase Wales’ national contemporary art collection in galleries across the countr…
High streets: The future is now
More than half of England’s high streets were built over a century ago, with buildings now falling into disrepair. Ellen Har…
British Museum faces copyright infringement claim
Crowd Justice campaign by Vancouver-based poet and translator Yilin Wang successfully reaches target to initiate court proceedings…
Pay offer sees British Museum strike called off
A scheduled six-day strike by staff at the British Museum has been called off after a new pay offer was made. The Public and Comme…
Museum opens Gypsy and Traveller gallery
Hull’s Streetlife Museum has opened a new gallery celebrating local Gypsy and Traveller heritage. Funded by Arts Council Eng…
EXCLUSIVE: Young V&A removes trans poster and LGBTQ+ books
A letter sent to PCS union members at the V&A says the decision to remove a poster advocating for trans rights and two illustr…
Leicestershire windmill to become ‘quality museum’
The site of a listed windmill in Leicestershire is scheduled for an upgrade that will see it gain a “quality museum and asso…
Young V&A museum to reopen after £13m upgrade
The Victoria and Albert museum dedicated to children and young people will reopen to the public on 1 July, following a three-year…
Why would a bank support the arts?
The National Portrait Gallery has reopened after a three-year refurbishment. Its Director, Nicholas Cullinan and Andrea Sullivan o…
