Sharon Heal

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Sharon Heal

Director, Museums Association

Scottish Executive reshuffle ushers in new culture minister with wider remit

The Scottish culture minister, Frank McAveety, fell victim to a reshuffle of the Scottish Executive last month. McAveety was replaced by Patricia Ferguson who was the minister for parliamentary business. The change comes in the middle of the Cultural Commission’s consultation on the future of cultural provision in Scotland. Joanne Orr, the director of the …

Nationals sweep the board at the Art Newspaper AXA catalogue awards

National museums and galleries took the top prizes at the Art Newspaper Axa Insurance Exhibition Catalogue Award last month.

MLA ditches regional agencies

Three directors of engagement to play strategic role across new "super regions"

Renaissance review panel calls for evidence

Panel seeks feedback on scheme's achievements

New MLA chair to be announced

Poet laureate in front running for top job

Public Gallery opening is put back

Council throws in extra £3m to complete project

Three museums put peer review to the test

DCMS starts to move from government-set targets to self-assessment

MacGregor to stay on at British Museum

British Museum attracts more than 6 million visitors for 2007/08

New chairman of Liverpool museums appointed

Phil Redmond becomes chairman of NML

City museums team up to offer ‘urban voice’

New group wants say on national museum issues

The Olympics will cost us all more, but is the cultural programme adding up?

After a quiet summer on the Olympic front, there was a flurry of activity at the end of last year.

Detectorists unearth record amounts of buried treasure

There was a significant increase in the number of archaeological finds reported in 2005, according to a report published last month.