Birmingham Museums boss joins National Museum Directors’ Council committee
SARA WAJID MBE, the co-chief executive of Birmingham Museums Trust, has been appointed to the National Museum Directors’ Council’s…
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A country house encounter
Art Fund’s Katie Lloyd has been talking to Rebecca Burton, curator and archivist at Harewood House Trust, about the impact of th…
BBC restores controversial sculpture and adds protective screen
A controversial sculpture outside the BBC’s London headquarters has been reinstated following a £500,000 restoration that include…
Legacy grants totalling £18m announced by Foyle Foundation
Funding for legacy projects ‘of long-term benefit, national importance and strategic value’ has been announced by The Foyle Fo…
Heritage Fund welcomes new regional director
LIZ BATES has been appointed National Lottery Heritage Fund’s director of for the Midlands and the East of England. She takes ov…
£20m regional museum fund opens for applications
A new £20m fund announced by the government in February has opened for applications. The Museum Renewal Fund is for regional muse…
Families ‘spending less’ during arts and heritage visits
The behaviour of families visiting heritage and arts organisations is shifting in response to economic pressures, research has fou…
Sotheby’s offers to value council art collections
Auction house Sotheby’s has approached several English councils offering to value their art collections, prompting fears some co…
National Videogame Museum announces new trustees
The National Videogame Museum has appointed five new trustees to the board of its governing charity with a further four set to joi…
Elton John and David Furnish named museum patrons
The London-based museum Queer Britain has appointed ELTON JOHN and DAVID FURNISH as its new patrons. A musician and philanthropist…
Shropshire town’s arts trail under threat as funding dries up
The organiser of an annual arts trail in Shropshire has said a lack of funding for this year’s event is putting its work at risk….
Council museum cuts opening hours to save cash
A local authority-run museum in Suffolk will adopt a four-day week opening schedule to help the council balance its budget. The BB…
Museum trust warns of ‘critical juncture’ after failed funding bid
York Museum Trust has warned that it is at “a critical juncture” and unable to afford urgently needed repairs following a fail…
Neglected buildings in English town centres to benefit from Heritage Revival Fund
Neglected historic buildings in town centres across England are set to benefit from a new £4.85m fund that has opened for applica…
Reclaiming relevance: How museums can captivate Gen Z and Alpha in a digital-first world
YuJune Park and Caspar Lam are partners at multidisciplinary design studio Synoptic Office and professors at New York’s Parsons…
Heritage museums announce merger
Two heritage museums in north-east London are merging in a bid to create a resilient single organisation. The Museums Journal repo…
Six new trustees appointed to V&A board
Six new trustees have been appointed to the board of the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum. MARIELLA FROSTRUP is a journal…
Museums and libraries allocated £30m for repairs and upgrades
The government has announced a further £30m of funding to support essential maintenance repairs and upgrades at museums and libra…
Palestine Museum to open Edinburgh venue
The Palestine Museum US will open a satellite venue in Edinburgh on 17 May. The museum’s director Faisal Saleh says it will be �…
Museum admission fees ‘raise little income and keep out potential visitors’
A study by US-based research project Remuseum has found museums in the United States that do not charge entry typically have lower…
English Heritage launches poetry initiative
A pilot project to celebrate England’s everyday heritage through poetry has been launched by English Heritage. The initiative, w…
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust vows to stay ‘radical’ amid decolonisation row
The chief executive of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has vowed to continue taking an “absolutely radical” approach to inclu…
‘National treasures’ travel to regional museums
‘National treasures’ from major museum collections will travel to smaller institutions across the UK in the latest round of the We…
Museum of London receives £20m donation from US organisation
The Museum of London has been gifted £20m and more than 14,000 Roman artefacts from US-based charitable organisation Bloomberg Ph…
