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Scottish government to review colonial and slavery history in museum collections

Museums Galleries Scotland will coordinate a national consultation

York Museums Trust enters redundancy consultations

'Survival depends on reduction in costs,' trust warns

Share your case studies of working with people with dementia

Museums Journal is looking for examples of good practice and innovative work

Working class under-represented in curator and archivist roles

Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre finds class disparities in creative jobs

National Trust defends restructure plans

The trust rejects accusations it is dumbing down as it plans to cut its curator numbers and reduce opening hours at some properties

Bletchley Park Trust announces job losses

Organisation says it must restructure to survive financial impact of Covid-19

Museums continue to welcome back the public

Museums, galleries and heritage sites reopen across the UK

Two thirds of Scotland’s independent museums say they cannot survive for a year

Museums Galleries Scotland says there is a ‘real and urgent need’ for further financial support to avoid closures

MA issues statement on decolonisation

Support and guidance for museums undertaking this work

Scottish Maritime Museum launches new online learning programme

Workshops linked to STEM subjects will be offered to local primary schools

Hull Maritime Museum invites tenders for major revamp

Project is part of £27m cultural regeneration scheme

English councils predict £700m gap in culture and leisure budgets

Local authorities expect to spend about £200m more on these services in 2020/21 while losing around £500m in income