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V&A to unveil Exhibition Road Quarter

Week-long festival celebrates the opening of new spaces from 30 June

Art UK to create online catalogue of UK’s sculpture collection

£3.8m project will put around 170,000 sculptures online

Museum sector pays tribute to Khadija Saye

Museum worker and artist died in the Grenfell Tower fire

Museum of Immigration and Diversity opens to the public for Refugee Week

Museum usually open to pre-booked groups only

Museums refuse to meet request from Indigenous Australian campaigner

Rodney Kelly seeks repatriation of four spears and a shield dating from 1770

HLF awards Black Country Living Museum £9.8m

National Portrait Gallery also awarded £9.4m for expansion plan

National Gallery of Ireland reopens

Dublin institution has transformed two historic wings in €28m scheme

Grant-in-aid boost for Amgueddfa Cymru

But further savings needed to meet £3.5m cuts plan

Cultural institutions host events to celebrate Milton Keynes at 50

Events include historical re-enactments, community art projects and walking tours

Museums to hold events for Refugee Week

Participating institutions include the V&A and the British Museum

Museum plans threatened by political uncertainty

Concern that tax relief and museums review could be delayed

£379,613 for six Welsh museums to increase public access

Welsh government announces £2.7m fund