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Science Museum makes two director appointments

Tom O’Leary and John Stack named director of learning and digital director

Finance director admits stealing £29,000 from culture trusts

Court hears that senior manager stole funds to support drug habit

NML’s Carol Rogers in New Year honours list

Outgoing arts council chief also receives award

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Metal detecting club finds Anglo-Saxon hoard

Bucks Country Museum Trust hopes to acquire find

Nicholas Cullinan appointed director of NPG

Cullinan to join National Portrait Gallery in spring

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NMNI chief executive’s departure under investigation

Cooke resigned last year for personal reasons

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Denmark: The Arken Museum of Modern Art in Ishøj will be based on an island from next autumn designed by the architects Møller & Grønborg. Three bridges will lead visitors over a lagoon from the mainland to the museum site. “The initial concept called for locating the museum on the beach in [nearby] Køge Bay, …

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MA condemns further cuts to English local authority funding

Culture is the fourth most likely area to be cut by councils in 2015-16