From funding cuts leading to job losses and museum closures, and the evolving nature of working in the arts, to the growing debate on repatriation and the ever-increasing impact of social media, it’s been an eventful 10 years

With only 13% of the expected £30m claimed in 2018-19, there is concern that the relief may be dropped

Museums and galleries are among the charities that are trying to diversify their trustees in order to better reflect the communities that they serve

The government recently announced funding for a new digital initiative but museums are wary of top-down solutions that don’t learn from past mistakes

With Edinburgh council having backed a levy of £2 per night, the government has started a public consultation

The DCMS’s Cultural Investment Fund, which will help address the UK’s crumbling museum infrastructure, is very welcome, but what institutions need is core revenue funding to guarantee their long-term survival

A range of challenging issues was tackled at the event in Brighton last month, and it also felt as though practical solutions were being sought

Many museums are thriving despite the challenges they face

Low salaries have always been endemic in the arts sector, but recent industrial action at several museums suggests that employees who were willing to make sacrifices during austerity are now being pushed to their limits. Geraldine Kendall Adams investigates

As continental museums take a more proactive approach to provenance research and repatriation, there is a concern that the UK is falling behind

Paisley and Perth to benefit from revamps of historic buildings, with Aberdeen Art Gallery to reopen next month

Questioning the narrative on the Netherlands' colonial past