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Ashmolean returns 16th-century bronze taken from Hindu temple

Icon repatriated to India after scholar raised provenance concerns

LGA calls for tighter controls on tourist tax spending

Councils should be able to retain some funding for services that support visitor population, association says

London’s Barbican secures permission for £231m renewal

Accessibility and sustainability will be central to project

Council faces questions over decision to move Walsall Leather Museum

Campaigners raise concerns as tempers flare at scrutiny meeting

Moves | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust gets first creative director

More senior appointments at Foundling Museum and Amgueddfa Cymru

Review shows hidden benefits of claiming cultural tax relief

Organisations that adopt tax relief earn 37% more income a year than non-claimants

Macron appoints new director of Louvre after crown jewel heist

Former head says embattled institution 'lacks clear trajectory' and needs more support

‘One for the ages’: British Museum reveals when Bayeux Tapestry tickets will go on sale

The exhibition is expected to attract up to 7.5 million visitors when it opens in September

Centre for contemporary Arab culture reopens in London

Mosaic Rooms was founded in 2009 by the AM Qattan Foundation

London Museum workers begin industrial action

Union warns pay dispute could affect timetable to open museum’s new Smithfield site

Helen Hartstein appointed manager of Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Hartstein will shape museum’s long-term direction and development of its programme

England’s civic museums call for new £120m-a-year investment

English Civic Museums Network sets out vision for ‘coherent, fair and sustainable support system’