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‘Growing use of force’: Museums warned of rise in violent heists

Report from Europol reveals targeted attacks are being coordinated by a new breed of criminal

MGS reports growth in grantmaking, sector reach and climate action

Annual review highlights funding uplift after first year of Museum Futures programme

New Royal Marines Experience set to open in October

The £15m development will be unveiled at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Workers at V&A’s London sites to take strike action next month

Dispute continues over pay, working conditions and heatwave policy

Museums and galleries urged to prepare for stricter EU packaging rules

New law will bring big changes to how UK institutions operate in Europe

Derwent Pencil Museum prepares to write new chapter in larger premises 

The Lake District attraction is moving closer to Keswick town centre 

Experimental display at NHM invites public to help shape new permanent gallery

Museum to unveil 'hidden' space not seen by visitors since the second world war

Cinema Museum launches fundraiser to buy its current home

Volunteer-run organisation hopes to raise £500,000 to permanently acquire the Charlie Chaplin-linked building

Shock and anger in culture sector after death of Jason Arday

Black professionals are being ‘paraded’ and left exposed, says Museum X

Hull Maritime’s historic trawler berthed in permanent home

The Arctic Corsair’s final journey was a delicate operation

Spate of museum heists in Europe highlights ‘changing tactics’ of crime gangs

High-value artefacts have been stolen from regional museums in Italy and France in recent weeks

Ruth Mackenzie could take over museums brief at DCMS

Remit for libraries and cultural property may also go to new arts minister