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V&A acquires Vivien Leigh archive

Museum to display star's photographs and letters

Explosion! taken over by NMRN

National Museum of the Royal Navy takes on museum

British Council invites museums to Brazil

Tour aims to develop artistic dialogue between UK and Brazil

Private donor gives £100,000 to save Jane Austen ring

Campaign to keep rare artefact in UK

Met urged to make crime museum collection publicly accessible

But report rules out standalone museum

The Public to close down

Sandwell Council says it can't afford £1.6m annual funding costs

Museum of Liverpool wins £1.2m in legal dispute

AEW Architects ordered to pay compensation over design flaws

HLF announce world war one grants

£6m small grants programme complements range of other WWI funding streams

Local authorities in England cut culture spend by 4.2%

Figure revealed as attempt to stop seasonal closures in Canterbury fails

Comedian-in-residence among successful Happy Museum projects

Ten museums and galleries awarded £100,000 of funding

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Royal Armouries appoints new director general

Edward Impey joins from English Heritage