Covid-19

DCMS offers greater flexibility on Culture Recovery Fund grant limits

Department says funding ceiling is an ‘expectation rather than a requirement’

New lockdown leaves museums ‘fighting for survival’

Some institutions face mothballing or permanent closure, Art Fund director warns

Working life | Natasha McEnroe, Science Museum

'It was a lump in the throat moment': How the Science Museum acquired the vials used to deliver the first Covid vaccines

Survey lays bare drop in visitor numbers

European museums warn visits will not return to previous levels until after summer 2022

Focus | Running virtual events

Venues are pivoting from being event organisers to broadcasters

That was the year that was

Looking back at a traumatic year in which museums were forced to rethink their fundamental purpose

New funding opportunities for 2021

Round-up of latest grants and programmes

Florence Nightingale Museum closes indefinitely to safeguard its future

Museum to shut for 'foreseeable future' in order to survive Covid crisis

London museums and galleries close amid criticism of ‘bizarre’ Tier 3 rules

No recorded cases of virus being transmitted at a UK visitor attraction, says Alva director

Q&A | ‘You may be the only person they’ve spoken to in weeks’

Community engagement leader Rosie Barker on the difference museums can make for those at the sharp end of the Covid crisis

Outdoor visitor attractions in Wales to close as Covid cases soar

Museums, galleries and heritage sites must close their grounds on 14 December

Thackray Museum becomes Covid vaccination hub

‘History in the making’ as first patients receive their doses at the museum