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English Heritage unveils ambitious plans

The organisation aims to be self-financing by 2023

How Wales is putting visual arts on the map

Artes Mundi and a host of other initiatives reflect the growing appetite for contemporary visual arts in the nation, says Gareth Harris

Should overseas tourists pay to visit national museums in England?

Vote in the poll and have your say

ACE awards £17.5m in first round of resilience fund

Record number of applications received for sustainability funding

World news digest

Belgium: Five museums are to open in Mons, Belgium, this spring as part of the 2015 European Capital of Culture festival. They include the Mons Memorial Museum and the Musée du Doudou. The museums have budgets ranging from €2m (£1.5m) to €8m (£5.9m). Peru: The government has announced plans for a 49,000 sq ft museum …

Walsall Museum to close next month

Council seeks HLF funding for new heritage centre

Heritage bodies condemn destruction of Mosul antiquities

Experts say artefacts in IS video appear to be genuine

Overseas trump domestic visits at flagship museums

Free entry ‘failing in its mission’ to make museums more inclusive

Miliband pledges to prioritise access to arts

Labour would put creative education into Ofsted inspections

Audiences for publicly-funded culture lack diversity

Warwick Commission report calls for publicly-funded organisations to deliver social value

Janet Barnes to retire as chief executive of York Museums Trust

Barnes will oversee reopening of York Art Gallery before stepping down in November

Council defeats motion to save Snibston

Friends group considers legal challenge