News

Heritage emergency declared in Stoke-on-Trent

Capital of ceramics calls for £300m investment to save its historic assets

DCMS announces £1.5bn to tackle underfunding across culture sector

Five-year investment also aims to ‘unite communities’

Joe Hill to take up helm at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Meanwhile, Sally Tallant is named as new director of London’s Hayward Gallery

PAS report highlights public engagement in museums

Figures for 2024 reveal a third consecutive record-breaking year for reported finds and Treasure cases

Industrial dispute deepens at National Coal Mining Museum

Workers reject new pay offer as both sides criticise conduct and behaviour during strike

National Trust celebrates biggest donation in its history

News comes as conservation charity reveals its plans for 2026

Campaigners fight proposed entrance fees at Museum of Oxford

Petition and day of action planned ahead of changes at local authority museum

David Bowie’s teenage home to open as immersive experience

Project will restore terraced house in south London to original 1960s appearance

Museum sector gets funding boost in Scottish budget

Further investment for Museum Futures programme and national collections hub

National Gallery scoops award for Van Gogh show

Critics’ Circle presented four awards at its annual event

Melanie Keen steps down as director of Wellcome Collection

Sam Owen to act as interim director when Keen leaves this spring

Cultural objects worth £59m gifted to museums and galleries

A total of 32 cases went through Acceptance in Lieu and the Cultural Gifts Scheme last year