Non-visitors show strong willingness to fund Natural History Museum’s future
Non-visitors of the Natural History Museum (NHM) are willing to pay an indefinite annual donation to preserve the museum, research…
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Short-term funding aggravating ‘acute’ heritage skills shortages
Government capital schemes for local regeneration are creating “inflationary pressures” for heritage organisations because there i…
Bayeux Tapestry insurance under scrutiny
Art historians and conservation specialists are challenging the proposed £800 million insurance valuation for the Bayeux Tapestry…
Museum Wales leader warns of sector expertise ‘lost’ to cuts
The chief executive of Museum Wales has said we “need to be talking about” the threat of specialisms “lost forever” within the sec…
Culture sector closures as country braces for Storm Goretti
Several arts, culture and heritage attractions have announced closures in the coming days ahead of Storm Goretti, with up to 30cm…
British Museum recovering lost items ‘one object at a time’
The man tasked with trying to recover thousands of items lost by the British Museum has suggested the hunt could continue until he…
Museum collection’s cost-cutting transfer ‘insanity’, artists warn
A cost-cutting measure that could see works housed in Belgium’s oldest contemporary art museum transferred to another city have pr…
Government departments come under fire from MPs for ‘neglect’ of heritage assets
The Cabinet Office has been criticised for a lack of “oversight” on how government departments, including the Ministry of Defe…
Striking Louvre staff call for axing of ‘unrealistic’ €666m revamp
Louvre employees have called for director Laurence des Cars to abandon a proposed multimillion-euro refurbishment in favour of urg…
Greenwich’s Painted Hall marks 300 years with silent discos and film tours
Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College will celebrate 300 years since the completion of its Painted Hall this year, with an anniversa…
Spode regeneration plans hit by failed Creative Foundations bids
Plans to restore parts of the former Spode Works in Stoke-on-Trent have suffered a setback after two bids to Arts Council England�…
Leicester attraction welcomes thousands of visitors within first few months of opening
Leicester’s latest Roman museum has welcomed more than 16,000 visitors since first opening in July last year. The Jewry Wall Museu…
Birmingham museums charity sees income drop by nearly 6%
One of the country’s largest museum families has reported a 5.9% decrease in income in the most recent financial year, in accounts…
Roald Dahl Museum boss steps down to ‘try something new’
The director of the Roald Dahl Museum STEVE GARDAM has announced he will step down after 10 years at the helm. Gardam said it was…
Oxfordshire museum reels from council grant cuts proposal
Leaders at an Oxfordshire museum have described their shock at revelations the local council is proposing cutting its grant fundin…
Manchester Museum to address uncertainties of its African collections ‘in public’
A museum hopes to take an “honest approach” to uncertainty around artefacts and objects in its care, with the launch of a dedicate…
Art Fund will ‘respond to museum sector’s needs’ as five-year fund comes to an end
Art Fund is “looking ahead and shaping future programmes” as it announces the results of the final round of the five-year Reim…
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…
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…
