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Government extends energy bill relief for museum sector

Vulnerable sectors will continue to receive a higher level of support until March 2024

Museums invited to take part in Heritage Treasures Day

Event on 11 January will celebrate heritage across the UK

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Dippy finds a new home in Coventry while the National Railway Museum launches a Flying Scotsman gin

David Anderson to step down as head of Amgueddfa Cymru

Former MA president has led national museum for 12 years

British Museum edges closer to Parthenon deal with Greece

Reports suggest two parties may be nearing agreement after 40-year dispute

Culture sector gears up for Windrush 75

Anniversary will be marked by events across the UK

Museum, arts and heritage professionals recognised in New Year Honours

Tate Modern director Frances Morris and cultural recovery czar Neil Mendoza receive CBEs

Trans Pride UK Collection gets funding boost

Project led by Museum of Transology receives support from Art Fund’s Reimagine programme

Environmental conditions for loans relaxed to help with energy costs

Arts Council England announces temporary suspension of Government Indemnity Scheme's minimum temperature requirements

‘Closure by stealth’: Shock over plan to turn Museum of Cardiff into mobile attraction

Council says shutting museum building would save £266,000 a year

Scotland’s museums spared worst as cuts bite the arts in 2023/24 budget

Modest increases for national museums and galleries, but standstill budget for MGS amounts to a real-terms cut

Trinity College Dublin to work with islanders on return of stolen skulls

Repatriation momentum grows as Cambridge University confirms return of Benin bronzes