News
National museums in England report 10% decrease in young visitors
Public investment is needed to remove access barriers, says MA director
Màiri McAllan appointed Scotland’s new culture secretary
Culture brief merged with education in slimmed-down cabinet
Sainsbury Centre receives £91.2m donation
Money will be used to revitalise the Norman Foster-designed building at the University of East Anglia, Norwich
V&A receives £4m to transform South Asia gallery
Projects with young people will aim to bring transparency to colonial history of the collection
Lack of staff is biggest challenge facing museum directors this year
Leadership survey finds stretched resources are leading to long-term decline in core collections activity
First look at the British Museum’s Bayeux Tapestry exhibition
Institution ‘confident’ about transporting artefact to London after two successful dry runs
Five Scottish collections awarded national significance status
Linoleum, photography and Iron Age collections among those newly listed under Recognition Scheme
Wellcome Collection to return 2,000 manuscripts in landmark agreement
Museum says Jain texts were acquired ‘against the best interests of their original owners’
Heledd Fychan named new Welsh culture minister
Former MA board member promises increased investment as she joins Plaid Cymru’s first cabinet
Regimental museum returns items to Ethiopia
Collections research work at Kings Own Royal Regiment Museum supported by Museums Association’s Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund
