Funding

Heritage Fund awards £9.7m towards Royal Observatory transformation

Capital project will create new courtyard, entrance pavilion and interactive astronomy galleries

Museum Renewal Fund grants go to 75 civic museums

Government invests £20m to support and protect local institutions across England

Science Museum gets big cash injection

Indian vaccine firm donates money to new gallery

Applications open for £4m museum improvement fund

New round of grants available from DCMS/Wolfson fund to enhance collections care and accessibility

ACE promises ‘future-fit’ funding platform

But funder says priority is reopening lottery grants for applications from mid-September

Health of the UK arts remains a ‘profound concern’, report warns

Campaign for the Arts says the last 12 months have been hit and miss for the arts

Heritage at Risk Fund offers £15m to 37 local heritage sites in England

Tullie House and National Waterways Museum among the projects set to receive funding

Report highlights ‘stark’ English regional funding inequalities

Authors call for devolution of cultural funding across English regions

Auchindrain Township saved from closure

Open-air museum is reopening with new board and management team

National Slate Museum and Chatsworth cascade get lottery funding

Capital projects also underway at a number of other institutions

New £4m funding scheme launched to support Scotland’s museums

Museum Futures programme aims to address 'significant challenges' facing the sector

John Ellerman Foundation closes funding stream for museums and galleries

National Coal Mining Museum among those awarded final grants from the fund