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Art Fund announces Museum of the Year plans

Organisations can submit their applications early in the new year

Medieval Aberdeen brought to life in video game based on city’s archives

Strange Sickness game recreates real events and characters from the 15th century

Portable Antiquities Scheme logs millionth archaeological find

Number of recorded items fell by 40% in 2020 due to Covid

York Museums Trust to close for a week in support of staff wellbeing

Trust will shut down in early January ‘to give all staff a chance to switch off completely’

UK’s first digital art gallery to open in Coventry

The Reel Store will welcome visitors from April 2022

Metropolitan Museum of Art drops Sackler name

Museum says decision was ‘mutually agreed’ with the family

Mansfield Museum launches art therapy project for domestic violence survivors

Initiative aims to provide a ‘healing journey’ for victims of abuse and trauma

Museum curators among top five most trustworthy professions, poll finds

Curators fare well across gender and political divides but split opinion according to educational background

Museums face ‘moment of great vulnerability’ as Covid restrictions return

Introduction of new measures spells another challenging winter for the sector

Arts Council England launches survey on private investment in culture

Research aims to explore changes that may have happened as a result of Covid

Banksy backs Reading Gaol arts centre plan

Street artist offers to support project by selling the stencil he used to paint on the building

Irish convent wins Council of Europe Museum Prize

Nano Nagle Place in Cork recognised for its community outreach work