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Damien Whitmore leaves the V&A

Director of public affairs and programming leaves in management restructure

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France: The billionaire Bernard Arnault is due to open his Paris museum on 20 October. The €100m building was originally scheduled to launch by 2012 in the capital’s Bois de Boulogne district. Designed by Frank Gehry, the museum will house the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation.  The Netherlands: The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is to make …

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Visual Arts and Galleries Association to close

Chairman Godfrey Worsdale cites "financial challenges"

Kids in Museums expands Takeover Day across the arts

Children's takeover days piloted in other arts venues

Scottish museums help salvage Glasgow School of Art’s collections

Part of building structure and some contents lost in fire

Blackpool Museum project receives HLF support

Six sites awarded £72m

V&A to help develop museum in China

London museum partners developer in Shenzhen

Plan to close Cynon Valley Museum on hold

Community groups in talks to take over heritage site

EU makes it easier to return looted cultural objects

DCMS predicts rise in requests

Museum of Innocence wins European Museum of the Year Award

Award presented at ceremony in Tallinn

BBC to show highlights from Museums at Night

After-hours festival kicks off this weekend