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Museums and galleries close as coronavirus emergency intensifies
Government advice causes confusion as museums take matters into their own hands
Record number of treasure finds recorded in 2019
Latest reports show 399 treasures were acquired by museums in 2017
What does the 2020 Budget mean for museums?
Government cuts business rates and confirms Cultural Investment Fund
Bradford council needs ‘plan B’ for museums if City of Culture bid fails
Union warns that deferred cuts only offer ‘short-term reprieve’
Ironbridge Gorge museums hit by flooding
Trust says its focus is on helping local community to rebuild
World news digest
India: The culture ministry has identified five archaeological sites that will be developed as visitor destinations with onsite museums, as part of a major government investment in the tourism industry. An Institute of Heritage and Conservation is also being set up. Israel: Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, has apologised for including inaccurate maps …
Funding news | The talk of the towns
Museums and other local stakeholders in towns across England are being invited to have their say on how money from the government’s £3.6bn Towns Fund should be spent. One hundred towns and communities have been earmarked to each receive a Town Deal worth up to £25m in funding, including 45 in the Northern Powerhouse and …
Iniva commissions first Future Collect artist
Programme designed to diversify public art collections
Coronavirus outbreak shuts museums and galleries across northern Italy
Cultural events also disrupted as virus arrives in Europe
Museum community rallies round flood-hit Pontypridd Museum
Storm Dennis causes ‘devastating’ damage to museum’s storeroom