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Royal Pavilion & Museums in £390,000 diversity and equality drive

Funding from James Henry Green Trust will support service widen access to visitors

‘We’re thrilled’: Wales’s slate landscape becomes World Heritage Site

Bid to recognise region’s 1,800-year history of slate mining was a decade in the making

Ballyclare war museum fights closure following Covid crisis

War Years Remembered closed its doors on 10 July but is still fundraising for a new home

Campaign against Swindon museum closure gathers pace

Council criticised for lack of consultation and detail on long-term plans

Stonehenge could be placed on Heritage In Danger register

Warning comes as first legal challenge against the planned tunnel is rejected

Liverpool defiant after being stripped of world heritage status

City deleted from Unesco list due to developments around historic docklands

Manchester museums to preserve messages left on Rashford mural

Thousands of messages will be removed on Friday ahead of wet weekend

Ros Kerslake to step down as Heritage Fund chief executive

Kerslake will leave at the end of 2021 after five years in the role

Art Fund reveals Museum of the Year shortlist

Winning museum will be announced in September and will receive £100,000

Museums stick with safety measures as England’s Covid rules ease

Many venues are continuing to limit capacity and ask visitors to wear masks

£7.6m of national treasures saved from export in two years

Report details how temporary deferrals kept ‘outstanding’ items in UK’s public collections

Heritage Fund launches digital volunteering grants

£1m is available under Digital Skills for Heritage initiative