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Museum sector bodies welcome curriculum recommendations

Review of England's curriculum proposes removal of EBacc and core enrichment offer for every pupil

British Library chief executive steps down amid strike action

Board member takes over as interim director after resignation of Rebecca Lawrence

National Coal Mining Museum strike to continue into new year

Dispute prolonged after mine guides reject new pay offer from museum

‘Bad Bridget’ archival research project inspires Hollywood movie

Study exploring lives of Ireland’s emigrant women led to groundbreaking exhibition at Ulster American Folk Park

Galleries join forces to ‘remember nature’

Initiative involved 17 arts organisations across England

Historic England adds 138 new sites to its Heritage at Risk register

Charity says that 129 sites have been 'saved' in 2025

V&A East Museum announces opening date and first exhibitions

Long-awaited east London venue will welcome the public through its doors in April 2026

Funding gives museum leaders in Scotland more time for future planning

Museums Galleries Scotland awards £600,000 via new Leadership Capacity Fund

Tributes paid following death of Scotland’s ‘powerhouse’ curator Elspeth King

Social historian remembered for her work to expand working-class collections at People’s Palace in Glasgow

Petition launched to save Walsall Leather Museum

Council plans to relocate museum but campaigners fear it could close for good

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration to open next May

Venture to take up residence in former waterworks in Clerkenwell, London

Poole Museum to reopen after seven-year transformation

Redevelopment includes six new galleries and open display of Poole Iron Age Logboat