Gallery which lost £21k to embezzlement among museums to share in £20m heritage pot
The 75 buildings set to benefit from a £20 million injection into “telling the national story at a local level” have been reveale…
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National Trust to cut 500 jobs after staff consultation
The National Trust has confirmed plans to make 6% of its full-time staff redundant in an effort to achieve £26 million in savings…
Holburne Museum welcomes chair combining ‘financial acumen and artistic insight’
MERVYN METCALF has been appointed to lead the board of Bath-based art gallery, the Holburne Museum, next year. He has been serving…
Pioneering Black pianist receives blue plaque honour
The first Black artist to secure a number one hit in the UK charts has been honoured with the erection of an English Heritage blue…
Rare British mill pursues revamp after raising £60k in donations
A Grade I-listed building is to undergo a much-needed “facelift” after meeting a fundraising target set in March. Suffolk’s Tide M…
Council ‘did not follow due process’ in museum relocation, campaigners claim
Campaigners have called a local authority’s approval to relocate a historic industrial museum “civic vandalism”, accusing counci…
Museums’ ad-hoc funding for learning activities jeopardising youth engagement
Project-based funding for museum learning programmes poses a “clear challenge” when it comes to sustaining engagement with chi…
Royal Academy embarks on gallery redesign with help of anonymous donor
A “generous” anonymous donor has propelled the Royal Academy (RA) towards the expansion of its collections gallery. The RA site, l…
West Midlands museum recruits academic and businessman
Health expert Professor MARTIN LEVERMORE is to chair a history museum dedicated to 250 years of life in the West Midlands. Levermo…
Liverpool museums gain former Tate leader as chair
The former executive director of Tate Liverpool is to spend at least four years chairing the board in charge of seven galleries an…
Arts venue claims £1oom in health benefits alleviates visitors’ depression
An arts venue in Plymouth that opened during the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed to deliver more than £100 million of health benefi…
World’s oldest railway pub gains Historic England protection
The oldest purpose-built railway pub in the world has won a special designation from Historic England, as the organisation commemo…
Fashion house founder among new British Museum trustees
The founder and creative director of British fashion house ERDEM has been named as one of three new board members for the British…
Council votes to withhold museum’s funding in support of striking workers
The Labour leader of Wakefield Council has said she hopes that the trustees of a local museum will be “embarrassed” into negot…
LGBT archive nets more than £1m in National Lottery support
A digital archive commemorating the lives of LGBTQIA+ people has won an award of £1.25 million from the National Lottery Heritage…
Costume legend voices concerns over ‘unfocused’ arts training
Costume designer John Bright has admitted he feels “worry about the future” of the UK’s creative industries, suggesting skills tra…
How museums are supporting early years development
Art Fund’s Rosheen Murray shares a new programme aiming to ensure every child, regardless of background, has the chance to devel…
Museum’s £21k embezzlement loss ‘distressing’
A heritage charity which recently revealed it must undertake “significant work” to ensure its “stable future” has admitted its los…
Former V&A boss to help safeguard Scottish heritage
Art historian and museums leader SIR MARK JONES is to take on chairing the board of Scotland’s national public body for heritage t…
Museum’s relocation to fuel rural regeneration ambitions
A volunteer-led museum in Northumberland has received £4.3 million from National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to relocate to cent…
High Court to hear objections to Museum of London demolition
Plans to demolish the defunct Museum of London site have hit a roadblock, with permission granted for a legal challenge to the cen…
Council considers funding for museum mired in pay row
A local authority will debate plans to review its financial support for a museum currently embroiled in a dispute with its staff o…
Museum trust unveils research ambitions amid ‘worst financial crisis in its history’
An “unapologetically ambitious” five-year strategy to ensure the long-term sustainability of museums in Birmingham has laid ba…
Freud Museum welcomes former Tate and ACE leader
ANNA JOBSON has been appointed the new director of the Freud Museum in London. An independent strategist with more than 25 years�…
