Capital projects

Heritage Fund awards £30m in grants as it prepares for 30th birthday

Windrush port and Crystal Palace dinosaurs among the heritage attractions to receive lottery boost

Museum of Welsh Cricket among six local venues to share £1.2m

Capital grants will support organisations to build resilience and sustainability

Profile | ‘There’s a sense of culture being under attack’

Former MP Tristram Hunt, now director of the V&A, on why he left politics and the challenges of leadership in the era of the culture wars

Free admission ‘makes our museums special’, says BM director

Nicholas Cullinan talks entry fees, sponsorship and repatriation in Sunday Times interview

NHM announces major transformation ahead of 150th birthday

Project will include revitalised Dinosaur exhibition and the reopening of two closed galleries

In brief | Latest news, funding and moves in the sector

English Heritage hunts for 'lost' blue plaques | NMS acquires photography collection | All change at Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Additional £50m pledged towards London Museum redevelopment

Funding will come from the City of London Corporation and the Mayor of London

Exhibition fit-out company Elmwood Projects enters liquidation

Glasgow-based firm was involved in redevelopments of Burrell Collection and St Fagans

Peace Museum reopens in Saltaire

Project has been supported by a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund

In brief | Latest sector developments

Citizens’ Jury for Birmingham | Glasgow sustainability project | Ikon gallery youth programme

Courtauld secures funding for new arts hub

Manton Foundation donates $12m (£9.4m) to support the project

Brighton Museum to shut for essential roof repairs

Work is part of a wider scheme to revamp the Grade II-listed building