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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 …