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Friends organisation voices support for museums

British Association of Friends of Museums wants extension of Culture Recovery Fund

Museums across Wales to close for two-week ‘fire-break’

Restrictions will begin this Friday

Science Museum Group announces redundancy plans

Job losses continue as Birmingham Museums Trust confirms its workforce will shrink by a quarter

East London museum among list of historic sites at risk

Ragged School Museum in Tower Hamlets added to Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register

Museums braced for further closures as Covid restrictions tighten

Institutions in Northern Ireland told to close but those in English hotspots remain open for now

Bletchley Park to benefit from £1m Facebook donation

Trust also awarded Culture Recovery Fund

Dutch government to explore unconditional return of looted objects

Official committee says country should also consider returning significant objects that were not stolen

Five museums split £200,000 Museum of the Year prize

Winners include Gairloch Museum and Towner Eastbourne

Museums among the worst hit in cultural sector, research finds

The economic contribution of museums, galleries and libraries is 26% lower than it would have been without pandemic

ACE announces recipients of £257m recovery funding

More than 1,300 cultural organisations to benefit in first round

Museums secure cash from heritage recovery funds

Organisations benefit from Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage and the Heritage Stimulus Fund

Museums in Derry and Strabane close under Covid restrictions

Area has one of the highest infection rates in the UK