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Pitt Rivers Museum removes shrunken heads from display after ethical review

Human remains will be kept in storage while museum consults communities of origin

Amsterdam’s museum quarter free of fossil fuel sponsorship

Four major cultural institutions are now avoiding money from oil and gas companies

Update: museum tours allowed as long as social distancing is ensured between groups

Museums will be able to provide guided tours for up to 30 people

Mayflower boarding reconstructed using virtual reality

Project uses interactive technologies to recreate 1620s Plymouth

Blind and visually impaired people express access concerns

VocalEyes survey into museum reopening and live-streamed events

Sara Wajid and Zak Mensah to share CEO role at Birmingham Museums Trust

Appointment marks an 'exciting new chapter' for the trust

Consternation among nationals about government overreach

Demands to cut executive pay and increase commercial income have put arms’ length principle to the test

Tate denies using ‘strike-breaking’ tactics against workers

Tensions rise between management and staff as industrial action continues

Museum of the Home to ‘reflect further’ on fate of Geffrye statue

Media reports indicate that museum faced government pressure to leave statue in place

Janita Bagshawe to retire from Royal Pavilion and Museums

Head of Brighton & Hove museums stepping down as service transfers to trust

Museum of Homelessness creates ‘streetmuseum’ to protest treatment of migrants

Call for action amid rising hostility against migrant communities

Financial support for Welsh museums

New grants package is part of the Cultural Recovery Fund