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Natural History Museum breaks all-time record for visitor figures

But attractions report 'toughest year since pandemic' amid cost pressures and growing competition

Art Fund launches scheme to tackle lack of diversity in curatorial roles

Empowering Curators programme provides fellowships for curators from global majority backgrounds

Call for urgent international monitoring of Iran’s cultural heritage

Sites face ‘intensifying risks’ due to escalating conflict and communication blackout

Reliance on ‘volatile’ income streams could put national museums at risk

Audit office recommends better monitoring of ‘early warning signs’ at DCMS-sponsored institutions

Fundraising campaign launched to create Scotland’s first national heritage hub

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland needs £1.5m to secure proposed site in Edinburgh

North East Museums looks to acquire £450,000 flag

Charitable donation will enable purchase of the rare union jack that survived the Battle of Trafalgar

Growing calls for new guidance on human remains in museums

'Coordinated approach needed' after research reveals scale of overseas remains held in UK collections

Local museums across Scotland get £2m to build financial resilience

Museums Galleries Scotland awards grants from Museum Futures programme

In brief | Latest projects, announcements and moves from the sector

Science Museum Group appoints 'AI champion' | Scheme to explore hidden disability histories | Governance guidance published

Heritage pottery sites in Stoke-on-Trent fire up new visitor experience

Gladstone Pottery Museum – home of the Great Pottery Throw Down – and Duchess China launch pilot collaboration

Rising costs force local museum to cut opening hours and staffing

Museum of Cambridge says it will also reduce staff numbers to ensure its long-term future

Powell-Cotton Museum celebrates 100-year anniversary

Kent institution is planning a range of exhibitions, events and other activities to mark its opening in 1926