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…
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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…
Responding to a crisis with a rallying cry
Together for Museums harnessed the collective efforts of members, artists, donors and the public to come to the aid of the sector,…
Cinema Museum faces closure amid developer’s silence
The organisation has received repeated assurances but no answers about what happens when the lease on its home of 22 years expires…
Attractions’ visitor numbers fall by 70% in ‘devastatingly hard year’
UK cultural attractions are calling for a new bank holiday to boost tourism, and the popularity of outdoor attractions, starting t…
V&A’s Theatre and Performance archive ‘at risk of becoming a dead collection’
Staff restructuring proposals that threaten the museum department have been condemned as a "devastatingly bad idea&…
Why members might leave you – and what you can do about it
Museums’ survival depends on their members – and post-pandemic they're voting with their feet. Julia Protesaru pro…
Send them to the moon
With a smartphone and a bit of carboard, museums’ aspirations for immersive experiences can reach astrological heights, writ…
