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British Museum in bid to raise £3.5m for gold Tudor pendant
Heart-shaped piece is a rare surviving artefact from marriage of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon
Paul Hamlyn Foundation fund closes to new applicants due to ‘volume of demand’
Arts Fund grants will only be awarded to existing grantees and reconsidered applications until April 2027
Strikes loom at national institutions
British Library and Tate workers plan walkouts as industrial action continues at National Coal Mining Museum
Experience Barnsley wins Family Friendly Museum Award 2025
Black Cultural Archives also recognised for its social justice work with young people
Royal Academy of Arts expands collection galleries
Anonymous donor backs gallery’s free-to-visit spaces
Heritage Fund awards £9.7m towards Royal Observatory transformation
Capital project will create new courtyard, entrance pavilion and interactive astronomy galleries
New digital image library for Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
More than 2,000 images newly available in public domain
Museum Renewal Fund grants go to 75 civic museums
Government invests £20m to support and protect local institutions across England
MA members vote in favour of revised Code of Ethics
Updated code passes at AGM in Cardiff with large majority
