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MoL strategic plan will mean redundancies
Museum of London to restructure and cut its operating budget by £1m
Orna-Ornstein appointed museums director at ACE
Development role follows 15 years at the British Museum
World news digest
China: Authorities at the Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, have banned smoking. The heritage site is visited by 12 million people annually. The new regulation states that “whoever violates the smoke ban will face punishment”. China: Thirteen collectors and artists have donated 280 works to M+, Hong Kong’s museum of …
HLF invests £20m in skills scheme
Skills for the Future to fund 876 new placements in heritage organisations
Mixed picture for spring attendances at museums
Numbers up for Science Museum Group and in Wales, but Scotland and Liverpool suffer drops