Emergency funding ‘will not cover’ loss of winter income
Museum sector bodies warn further support will be needed if attendance drops continue
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Museum, gallery and heritage professionals recognised in New Year Honours
IWM director-general Diane Lees and Yorkshire Sculpture Park founder Peter Murray receive top honours
Ipswich Museum embarks on £8.7m redevelopment
Three-year project will add gallery space and see collections reinterpreted
Honresfield Library saved from auction after £15m fundraising campaign
Collection of literary manuscripts will be distributed to relevant institutions across the UK
Covid surge forces museums to close early for Christmas
Natural History Museum and Museum of the Home are among those affected by staff shortages
Four projects win Activist Museum Award 2021-2022
Winners to receive £1,000 each and tailored mentorship to support development of ideas
Omicron: Cancellations and staff shortages hit museums
Calls grow for rescue package to save the visitor economy amid new surge
Art Fund announces Museum of the Year plans
Organisations can submit their applications early in the new year
Medieval Aberdeen brought to life in video game based on city’s archives
Strange Sickness game recreates real events and characters from the 15th century
Portable Antiquities Scheme logs millionth archaeological find
Number of recorded items fell by 40% in 2020 due to Covid
York Museums Trust to close for a week in support of staff wellbeing
Trust will shut down in early January ‘to give all staff a chance to switch off completely’
UK’s first digital art gallery to open in Coventry
The Reel Store will welcome visitors from April 2022