Protestors shun Science Museum over coal sponsor
Over 1,000 tickets for a late night event held at the Science Museum yesterday (31 August) went unused in protest over the museum&…
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Museums that reflect Brummie-ness
As Birmingham applauds the extraordinary success of the Commonwealth Games, Sara Wajid and Zak Mensah reflect on the role of museu…
British Museum receives major bequest of Chinese artworks
The British Museum has received “one of the most significant bequests” in its history from Sir Joseph Hotung, who has…
Refurbishment of Preston’s Harris Museum begins
The Harris Museum in Preston is set to undergo a £14m refurbishment with the keys officially handed over to a construction c…
Proposals for branch of Natural History Museum in Scotland stall
Plans to establish a new branch of the Natural History Museum in Scotland have stalled due to staffing changes at the Department f…
Theatres receive funding to ‘unlock their heritage’
Two theatres in Bradford have received more than £180,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help them explore their…
Economic value of museums and galleries on the rise
Latest government figures show the value to the economy of museums and galleries has rebounded to near pre-pandemic levels.
England’s largest free heritage festival returns
Many arts buildings will open for free next month as part of England’s largest festival of history and culture. Organised by…
Glasgow museums to repatriate artefacts to India
Glasgow’s museums will be the first in the UK to repatriate artefacts to India after Glasgow Life, the charity which manages…
Scottish museum faces calls to return totem pole
The National Museum of Scotland is being urged to return a totem pole, stolen from Canada nearly 100 years ago, to a delegation of…
Police warn of rise in heritage crime
Some of Britain’s historical artefacts are at risk of being lost forever amid a rising wave of heritage crime, a senior poli…
Museum service undergoes rebrand
Brighton & Hove’s museum service, previously known as the Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust, has announced details of i…
Legal ruling raises prospect of huge savings for museums
Calls for government body that sets business rates for museums and galleries to review its methodology following latest legal…
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…
Brunel Museum to support young women in engineering
The Brunel Museum has announced it will use funding from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund to create a new programme in suppor…
Heritage Fund moots investment in ‘places of need’
New investment strategy for National Lottery Heritage Fund likely to feature larger grants for increased impact, with a focus on a…
Controversial museum expansion given green light
Controversial plans to add a new central hall to the National Railway Museum in York have been approved after a knife-edge vote fr…
Deprivation gap for arts participation widens
Government figures suggests the gap in participation in the arts between the most and least deprived people widened as the country…
Visitor attraction to open after £28m redevelopment
The world's first iron-framed building will open next month as a visitor attraction following a £28m restoration. Known…
Heritage support programme returns for third year
The third round of a programme aimed at responding to the challenges and financial constraints currently facing heritage orga…
‘Recontextualised’ portrait of slave owner back on display
A portrait of slave owner Sir Thomas Picton has gone back on display at the National Museum of Cardiff alongside newly commissione…
Museum of London moves closer to fundraising target
The Museum of London has received three major donations totalling £7m towards the creation of its new home at West Smithfiel…
Historic England funds working class history projects
Historic England has awarded 57 projects a total of £774,000 from its Everyday Heritage Grants: Celebrating Working Class Hi…
Pandemic research informs future of NI museums
New research shows that “the pandemic was a time to reassess museum purpose and find new ways of keeping relevant”, sa…
