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Reversing car causes ‘substantial damage’ to Shakespeare family home

Conservation work could cost millions, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust warns

Ironbridge Gorge transfer was urgent, says culture secretary

National Trust takeover secures site’s future but could mean ‘difficult decisions’ about staffing and volunteers

Museums encouraged to apply to the ACE/V&A Purchase Grant Fund

Funding supports permanent acquisitions by non-national institutions in England and Wales

Hunterian returns ancestral human remains to South Africa

Ceremonies held in Scotland and South Africa to mark repatriation

Galleries at Frieze pledge support for sustainability charity

The Gallery Climate Coalition is to receive a percentage of sales from participating galleries

Call to widen global access to public domain heritage

Open Heritage Statement aims to promote open access through advocacy and practical solutions

Courtauld secures £30m donation

Money from the Reuben Foundation will help London arts institute develop a new campus

Belfast Historic Waterfront and Dudley join Heritage Places scheme

Six new areas will benefit from £200m investment initiative

British Museum in bid to raise £3.5m for gold Tudor pendant

Heart-shaped piece is a rare surviving artefact from marriage of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon

Paul Hamlyn Foundation fund closes to new applicants due to ‘volume of demand’

Arts Fund grants will only be awarded to existing grantees and reconsidered applications until April 2027

Strikes loom at national institutions

British Library and Tate workers plan walkouts as industrial action continues at National Coal Mining Museum

Experience Barnsley wins Family Friendly Museum Award 2025

Black Cultural Archives also recognised for its social justice work with young people