Weston Loan Programme reveals touring objects
Scheme is designed to help smaller museums borrow works from larger ones
Colllections
Glasgow Life appoints curator focusing on slavery and empire
Miles Greenwood will carry out collaborative research and create new displays
Royal Academy has ‘no intention’ of selling Michelangelo sculpture to save jobs
The institution is facing calls to sell the marble Taddei Tondo, thought to be worth more than £100m
Two thirds of Scotland’s independent museums say they cannot survive for a year
Museums Galleries Scotland says there is a ‘real and urgent need’ for further financial support to avoid closures
Best in show | The Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
Metalwork handbag dating from the early 14th century, from Mosul, present-day northern Iraq
Editorial | Remaining relevant is key to public support
No one wants to be irrelevant, and for museums it is vital not only to be seen as trusted institutions, …