News

Black Cultural Archives to open this week

New home in Brixton to be a "democratic space"

Teacher survey shows school visits to museums are falling

Curriculum changes marginalise art, craft and design

ACE pays out £3.9m in redundancy packages

152 compulsory redundancies in 2013-14

Sector warned to get to grips with measuring social impact

UK heritage too reliant on grants

Northampton sells Sekhemka statue for £15.8m at auction

Sale of Egyptian artefact condemned by sector bodies

Yorkshire Sculpture Park wins Museum of the Year 2014

Wakefield museum awarded £100,000 Art Fund prize

Museums hit by strike

Venues across the UK forced to close

Union to oppose National Gallery privatisation plan

London gallery wants to contract-out visitor services and security

BM seeks loans from Greece for exhibition

Ancient Greece exhibition prompts calls for return of Parthenon marbles

Museums report financial benefit from being green

But time and lack of funds are major challenges

Council warns it may cease funding Snibston Discovery Museum

Friends group accuses councillors of moving the goalposts

Ann Sumner steps down from Brontë Society

Executive director leaves to pursue part-time work