News

Wedgwood Museum may lose UNESCO listing

Status will be reviewed if collection dispersed

Museum security group to address rhino horn and metal theft

UK-wide group set up to share knowledge on security

Art Fund Prize unveils longlist but drops public poll

List includes four new museums and three Scottish venues

Consortium established to save Wedgwood collection

Organisations meet Ed Vaizey to discuss how collections can be made accessible to the public

World news digest

Bosnia-Herzegovina: National museums are under threat as the central government, which has no ministry of culture, has refused to pay for their upkeep. The Historical Museum has closed while Adnan Busuladzic, director of the National Museum of Bosnia, has warned that the institution will partly close in coming weeks. Serb, Croat and Muslim leaders are …

V&A at Dundee funding boost meets mixed reception

£1.75m government grant causes controversy in Scottish sector

Funding news

Community spirit

Norfolk council rejects switch to trust status

Vote against consultant's proposals for change of governance is unanimous

Budget cuts result in reduced opening hours

But council denies press reports that museums will close for three months next winter

Free entry at Grace Darling

RNLI museum scraps admission charges

Museums urged to do more to appeal to teenagers

Kids in Museums launches 2012 manifesto

Sefton council presses ahead

Cultural centre to open with limited programme