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Turner Prize show opens in Bradford’s Cartwright Hall

Shortlisted artists explore themes of identity in annual art prize exhibition

Former museum manager pleads not guilty to theft and fraud charges

Stephen Harris is accused of stealing objects from Norfolk Museums Service and selling them at auction

River & Rowing Museum closes to the public due to financial pressures

Future of collections remains undecided as museum seeks new occupier for building

Science Museum launches Space gallery

New permanent exhibition is part of a wider project to rework the ground floor of the London museum

Postal Museum to work on legacy project with victims of Post Office scandal

Museum will capture stories of those wrongfully prosecuted after Horizon IT failures

Diversity in cultural leadership has ‘stalled’, report finds

Creative UK research shows that just 6% of higher-level heritage professionals are from an ethnic minority background

Cash stolen during break-in at Horsham Museum

Police are appealing for information about a burglary this week

‘Unapologetically ambitious’: Birmingham Museums Trust launches five-year strategy

Trust sets out plans for transformation and cultural citizenship in wake of council funding crisis

New museum opens to celebrate 200 years of shoemaking

Shoemakers Museum in Somerset marks bicentenary of the British company Clarks

Unesco launches virtual museum of stolen cultural objects

Online platform will recreate stolen artefacts to raise awareness about looting

No new funding to resolve arts council technical issues, says Nandy

Culture secretary also confirms that DCMS will shed staff amid 5% cuts

Pontypridd Museum gets funding to repair damaged pipe organ

Venue is among 18 museums in Wales awarded grants to enhance their facilities