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Bristol council looks to close four museums

Other local authority museums hit by cuts and closures

World news digest: January 2014

Belgium: The Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, near Brussels, closed in late November for a three-year refurbishment. The museum, which opened in 1910, has embarked on the €55m renovation in a bid to shake off its dated image and modernise its colonial-era collections and permanent galleries. France: Bernard Blistène has been appointed as …

Funding news: Cymal grants call

Cymal (Museums Archives and Libraries Wales) is inviting applications for its 2014-15 Innovation and Development Grants programme. The organisation is looking to fund projects in areas such as: increasing access and equality; caring for collections; community engagement and service enhancement; and workforce/organisational/partnership development. Funding applications from museums should contribute to the objectives in Cymal’s A …

IWM London forced to close until July 2014

Unexpected infrastructure work to push up redevelopment costs

ACE to pass on cuts to museums

DCMS cuts ACE's grant-in-aid

ACE creates director of philanthropy role

Clare Titley to start in February 2014

Icom appoints new director general

Anne-Catherine Robert-Hauglustaine takes up role in May 2014

Croydon may face tax bill over Riesco sale

Auction broke terms of conditional exemption

DCMS reports rise in museum visits

More than half of adults visited museums last year

National Media Museum outlines five-year vision

Plan includes bringing commercial cinema partner on board

Government details English Heritage split

Future of organisation in spotlight

MA questions the siting of “Olympicopolis”

New V&A branch proposed in east London