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17 May: museums in Wales finally get date for reopening

Welsh Government brings forward relaxing of restrictions due to low infection rates

What we’re looking forward to most about going #BackToMuseums

‘Feeling that beautiful energy’: from the buzz of visitors to a browse in the gift shop, our followers share what they've been missing about museums

Design Museum gets around Covid restrictions with pop-up art supermarket

Disguised exhibition aims to make statement that ‘creativity is essential’

Care leavers help Foundling Museum co-curate new digital experience

Project sees objects from the past brought to life by diverse voices from the present

Volunteer Leader of the Year Award calls for nominations

Celebrating volunteer leadership that has made a difference during the pandemic

Inc Arts launches anti-racism tool for cultural sector

Unlock toolkit offers practical advice on implementing change

Arrest made over theft of Van Gogh and Hals paintings

The unrecovered artworks have an estimated combined value of £18m

Reopening campaign planned to promote Scottish museums

MGS will launch PR blitz to boost message that museums are ready to welcome visitors back safely

Climate Beacons for Cop26 applications open

Scotland-wide organisations invited to bring together cultural and green sectors

Concern among museums over more stringent Test and Trace requirements

Venues in England obliged to collect contact details for every visitor age 16 and over

‘Brighter times’: Indoor museums in Northern Ireland to reopen from 24 May

Executive gives indicative date for the easing of restrictions

Black Cultural Archives resigns from Home Office group after race report

Government-backed report is a ‘step backward in the work towards an anti-racist society’, says museum