Sinfonia Smith Square moves closer to concert hall renewal
Classical music concert hall Sinfonia Smith Square has received £500,000 to support its £22 million capital works project. The i…
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Bristol Museum loses hundreds of artefacts in warehouse theft
More than 600 artefacts have been stolen from the Bristol Museum’s British Empire and Commonwealth collection, Avon and Somerset P…
Manchester Renold Building among nearly 200 sites added to National Heritage List
199 sites were added to the National Heritage List for England in 2025, including 173 listings, 21 scheduled monuments and five pa…
Migration Museum promises community ‘ownership’ of central London space
As the Migration Museum prepares to move to its permanent home in the City of London, it has opened applications to its People’s…
Museums under threat as council mulls cost-cutting options
Scotland’s museums and galleries membership body has denounced the threatened closure of four of the nation’s council-run sites, w…
People power: Collective philanthropy for museums
How do small acts of generosity, coupled with targeted investment, become a movement? Arts Fund’s Alice Regent shares her reflec…
Funding boost to address museum attendance divide
University of Leicester’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) has been awarded a research grant by the Arts and Hum…
Fashion Museum Bath welcomes retail leader ahead of move to ‘transformed’ space
LESLEY EXLEY is to join the board of Fashion Museum Bath Foundation, with the new recruit calling the museum itself a “cultural tr…
Government seeks submissions for ‘living heritage’ register
A nationwide drive to catalogue and celebrate British cultural traditions has opened for applications today (5 December). The init…
Museum on ‘promising trajectory’ as visitor numbers grow following £19m revamp
A museum that recently reopened following a £19 million transformation has more than doubled its weekly average visitor numbers….
Shakespeare family home seeks £500,000 after crash damage
A charity is appealing for £500,000 to save a building once occupied by Shakespeare’s daughter. Hall’s Croft, which last year rec…
More than 500 museums shut in the UK since 2000
Nearly 530 museums across the UK have shut their doors in the last 25 years, the Mapping Museums Lab has discovered. The institute…
Live events at cultural attractions help boost Lincoln’s economy to the tune of £15m
Council-run cultural attractions in Lincoln drew 1.5 million visits last year, bringing in £15 million to the local economy, a re…
Museums require ‘reform’ to harness health benefit potential
A report assessing the impact of an 18-month creative health programme in the museums and heritage sector has found “structural…
Birmingham museums set £2m target of ‘vital’ fundraising within two years
The charity responsible for nine of Birmingham’s museums, historic homes and heritage sites is looking to raise more than £2 mill…
Interpol to help museums fend off crime following ‘recent thefts’
Museums worldwide will be supported to “strengthen their security systems” by international crime control organisation, Interpol….
Museum entry fees inspire protest in Oxford
Campaigners claim the introduction of a £4 ticket fee for entry to the Museum of Oxford could “kill off” the institution. Members…
Charity offers grants up to £4k to improve disabled access to exhibitions
A grant to support improved access to exhibitions could “accelerate progress” across the sector, its proponents say. The Exhibitio…
Cultural objects to benefit from easier transfer under law change
Rules that make it easier for museums and galleries to return cultural objects to their countries and communities or origin are to…
Art Fund boosts cash prizes ahead of Museum of the Year 2026
A boost to top prizes presented as part of Art Fund’s Museum of the Year awards will see an increase of £5,000 per winner. The in…
Kids take over the museum
This week, Kids in Museums stages its 15th annual Takeover Day. Across the UK and internationally, museums invite children and you…
Heritage body declines protected status for Scottish theatre
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) will not give listed status to a theatre at risk of demolition. Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh…
Museum left with ‘no option’ but to close amid funding pinch
A museum that won a tourism award only this year will close next month, with its trustees citing “regular leaps in running costs”….
British Museum axes tobacco sponsor as activist group amps up pressure to also drop BP
The British Museum has ended its relationship with sponsor Japan Tobacco International (JTI), one of the largest tobacco product m…
