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MGS publishes progress report
Museums Galleries Scotland completes first year as national development body
Too many people are excluded from culture, says Javid
Tories and Labour put social inclusion on the agenda
Sandy Nairne to step down as director of National Portrait Gallery
Director to pursue writing and advisory work
High speed rail may force BMT to relocate collections centre
Trust warns of risk to objects if proposed HS2 route goes ahead
ACE to allocate more lottery money to national portfolio organisations
Move to offset grant-in-aid cuts
UK museums encouraged to enter European museum prize
Awards recognise museums that work for benefit of society
Damien Whitmore leaves the V&A
Director of public affairs and programming leaves in management restructure
World news digest
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 …