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Leicester museums to restructure curatorial team

Service will focus resources on connecting audiences to collections

Regional museums benefit from loans programme

Twelve museums to exhibit works from national institutions

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China: More than a billion people visited museums in China last year, where 20,000 exhibitions took place across 5,136 venues, according to statistics released during a meeting attended by cultural heritage administrators in January. France: A museum dedicated to 20th-century artists Fernand Léger and André Mare will open in Argentan, Normandy, in June. The building, …

Caithness Horizons shuts its doors due to financial difficulties

Closure described as an “absolute punch in the gut” for the area

Rise in number of young people visiting Scottish heritage sites

Report shows heritage sector contributes £4.3bn to economy

Wellcome Collection announces gallery plans

Venue is working with arts and architecture collective Assemble

Deadline approaching for £8,000 acquisition prize

Award will fund purchases at London Original Print Fair

Workforce diversity remains static at museums in England

ACE report finds much of culture sector is “treading water” 

Nominations open for Heritage Volunteer Manager of the Year 2019

Award celebrates outstanding examples of volunteer leadership

Change in leadership at the Black Cultural Archives

Arike Oke appointed managing director after difficult period for centre 

Are museums responding well to the growing public discourse on repatriation?

Efforts stepped up to improve provenance research and transparency