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BBC documentary to chart Bayeux Tapestry’s journey to Britain

British Museum unveils nationwide programme of activities to coincide with historic loan

Communities in north Wales to get better access to national collections

Amgueddfa Cymru and Wrexham University sign Memorandum of Understanding to increase access

King’s Birthday Honours List celebrates museum and heritage sector

Wellcome’s Melanie Keen and Beamish’s Rhiannon Hiles among those recognised this year

Lending and borrowing in museums hit by capacity pressures and rising costs

But new report reveals significant progress on partnership working and courier requirements

DCMS and Art Explora to create UK’s first permanent mobile museum

£1.6m government initiative aims to bring art to communities everywhere

Danish open-air site Den Gamle By wins European Museum of the Year Award

Venue in Aarhus recognised for its ‘deeply socially engaged’ approach

‘We are perpetually in awe of the art he created’: Museums pay tribute to David Hockney

The Bradford-born artist died last week at the age of 88

Brunel’s SS Great Britain site renamed as new museum prepares to launch

Maritime attraction will now be known as Bristol Dockyards

Museums close early due to serious disorder in Belfast

Ulster Museum and NI War Memorial Museum among venues affected by this week's unrest

Manchester City sets goal for new immersive museum experience

Club hopes attraction will score with fans and football enthusiasts

Visitor attractions unsure about benefits of ‘complicated’ VAT cut

Debate in sector over government’s summer tax rate reduction

Hull Maritime Museum sets date for reopening after £20.4m transformation

Six-year revamp is the centrepiece of Hull’s city-wide maritime regeneration programme