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Loss of funding for Jodrell Bank Observatory will not affect site’s museum

Engagement centre is supported separately and ‘remains open to visitors’

Funding boost means construction can start on major Scottish collections store

Lottery grant of £8.5m for The Art Works, which will house the National Galleries of Scotland's collections

Fund has helped Scotland’s museums ‘move beyond day-to-day survival’

Evaluation report looks at impact of Museum Futures scheme one year in

NML to scrutinise financial networks that propped up chattel slavery

Community-led project will recruit young people to research insurance system underpinning the trade in enslaved people

Tourist tax comes into effect in Edinburgh

Scheme aims to raise £50m annually

American Alliance of Museums backs Smithsonian Institution

Membership body warns recent attacks 'threaten the integrity' of US museums

New wartime espionage museum opens in London

Trent Park was requisitioned by the government as an intelligence hub during the second world war

Cornish communities invited to shape museum redevelopment

Online and in-person consultation launched to plan the future of Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery

Newcastle’s Neville Hall to join North East Museums

Venue will be owned by council and run by museum service

Curator Jessica Morgan named as new Tate director

Director of Dia Art Foundation in New York will take up role on 1 January 2027

Survey finds fastest growing household type wants more culture

But adults aged 35-54 with no children at home say cost is holding them back

Museums in Wales given funding boost

Museums, archives and libraries have been given £5.28m by the Welsh Government for projects to improve access to culture, protect collections and modernise facilities