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Science Museum to charge for Wonderlab

End of free entry at renamed Launchpad gallery

Four places compete to host Great Exhibition of the North

Blackpool, Bradford, Newcastle-Gateshead and Sheffield on shortlist

Architects chosen for new Museum of London

Stanton Williams and Asif Khan win international competition

ACE awards £12.2m from Museum Resilience Fund

More than 90 museums and sector bodies win grants to build resilience

HLF launches £8m Resilient Heritage programme

Grants between £3,000 and £250,000 to help organisations manage heritage

Archaeology crisis to be investigated

Society for Museum Archaeology survey to map impact of budget cuts

Bavaria investigates return of Nazi-looted art

Report follows research by Commission for Looted Art in Europe

Wrexham scraps plan for museum and library trust

Review finds that trust would not be ‘financially viable’

Riba announces Stirling Prize shortlist

Bodleian Weston Library and Newport Street Gallery among those vying for award

Matthew Hancock to replace Ed Vaizey as culture minister

Longest-serving culture minister confirms ‘vexit’

Arts council unveils museum funding shake-up

Major Partner Museums scrapped but new opportunities open up

Karen Bradley appointed culture secretary for England

Cabinet reshuffle sees John Whittingdale get the sack