Manchester Museum to pilot poverty awareness training
Manchester Museum staff will be trained as social justice researchers for a pilot addressing understanding of poverty and dis…
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Gallery partnership to address youth violence
A new gallery at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds will take "a unique public health led approach to tackle the underl…
Museums await answers over urgent building repairs
A delayed and oversubscribed fund is about £100m smaller than first pledged – and maintenance issues are growing.
National Gallery finds historical connections to slavery
Sixty-seven individuals associated with the National Gallery's history had connections to slavery and abolition, research…
Museums Association releases decolonisation guidance
Museums should be brave, accountable and "aim for justice" in decolonising their practices and collections. The Museums…
Over 60,000 sign Cinema Museum petition
An online petition to secure the future of South London’s Cinema Museum has received over 60,000 signatures. It was sen…
Universities return looted bronzes to Nigeria
Two universities have become the first UK institutions to return Benin bronze artifacts to Nigeria. Cambridge University returned…
£10.4m Anglo-Saxon attraction slated for Northumberland
A new visitor attraction representing little-known Anglo-Saxon history will open in Northumberland next autumn. Ad Gefrin will rec…
British Museum denies sharing intelligence with BP
The British Museum has denied sharing information about environmental activists with its sponsor BP. An OpenDemocracy investigatio…
Think tank publishes guidance on historical reinterpretation
New "non partisan" advice aims to help museums and heritage organisations deal with proposals to change how hi…
Khan invests £1m to diversify London’s public spaces
A new fund to improve the diversity of London’s public spaces has been announced by London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Untold Stories…
Science Museum slammed over ‘reckless’ sponsorship deal
The museum has relied on a technicality to sidestep its own standards for corporate partnerships.
Scottish National Gallery revamp faces further delays
Managers of the Scottish National Gallery’s refurbishment have asked the Scottish Government for a bailout after further del…
Volunteer run museum is the UK’s most family friendly
Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery, a small volunteer-run museum in Alnwick, has been named the UK's most family friendly….
Art Fund awards £650k in new grants scheme
Art Fund has announced the first wave of winners for its £2m Reimagine grants programme. Twenty-two museums, galleries, hist…
UK rejects call to repatriate Parthenon sculptures
The UK Government has rejected UNESCO’s plea to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece. A spokesperson said the collection w…
Northern Ireland’s arts engagement drops to 12 year low
The number of adults engaging in arts and culture in Northern Ireland has fallen once again. Continuous Household Survey data for&…
UNESCO calls for Parthenon Marbles’ repatriation
Britain should return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, UNESCO has decided. According to Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, the b…
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…
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…
