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Sackler Trust cancels £1m donation to National Portrait Gallery

Controversial gift led to threatened boycott of gallery

Plans approved to scrap Leicester curatorial team

Council votes through restructure of museum service

Dutch museum commits to returning looted colonial artefacts

Momentum builds for restitution and repatriation of colonial-era objects

Are stealth marketing techniques appropriate to use in museums?

National institutions increase donations with retail tactics

Curators gain support for collections research

Headley Fellowships with Art Fund announces first grant recipients

Museums celebrate International Women’s Day 2019

Events tackle contemporary issues as well as honouring female pioneers

MA one-day conference to look at engaging audiences in exhibition design

One-day conference takes place at Wellcome Collection, London, on 30 April

Surveys assess employment of deaf and disabled people in museums

Research will inform work placement programme for deaf and disabled people

National Gallery case finds 27 were employed as ‘workers’

Gig economy case may mean group can claim employment rights

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

Funding news

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