News

In brief

Sports exhibitions hailed - New website targets young - Dulwich welcomes carers - Northern prize judges

Museums Association exposes depth of local authority funding cuts

Replacement of paid staff with volunteers on rise

Terence Conran donates £17.5m to Design Museum

Philanthropic gift will help museum relocate to Commonwealth Institute

Digital catalogue of UK’s oil paintings launched

Website will digitise 200,000 oil paintings from 3,000 institutions by the end of 2012

Dispute over Bolton’s “Pugin”

Question over provenance of work in Bolton's disposal auction

Art Fund launches £600,000 collections fund

Applicants urged to be creative and ambitious

British Museum wins Art Fund Prize

London national wins £100,000 Museum of the Year

Art Fund Prize denies claims of political bias

Role of the public poll also defended

Riverside on track for 21 June opening

New transport museum will display 3,000 exhibits

RBS and NML in slavery row

David Fleming accuses banking group of "hypersensitivity"

Museums told to remove rhino horn from display

Organised criminal gangs targeting museums as value of rhino horn soars

In brief

Museums' green accolade - Silk Mill closure slammed - 'Museums aid wellbeing' -  Pumphouse to shut