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EHRC guidance risks discrimination, says Museums Galleries Scotland

Organisation responds to consultation on Code of Practice changes around sex and gender

New research sheds light on changing visitor behaviour and demographics

Families becoming significantly more selective and booking tickets later

Report highlights ‘stark’ English regional funding inequalities

Authors call for devolution of cultural funding across English regions

Birmingham Museum opens book of condolence for Ozzy Osbourne

Museum extends opening hours as fans come to pay tribute to Birmingham-born heavy metal icon

Six objects to remain in UK following export bars

Alan Turing papers among those acquired by UK institutions

Controversy continues over Israeli embassy event at British Museum

Open letter calls for apology but institution says event was commercial hire

York Archaeology closes exhibitions department as part of restructure

Educational charity unveils slimmed-down structure and new senior management team

Trent Park House of Secrets gets funding to research stories of ‘secret listeners’

Museum housed in wartime eavesdropping headquarters is due to open in 2026

Nationally important needlework collection donated to National Museums NI

Donation helps ‘rebuild what was lost’ after museum's historic textile collection was destroyed during Troubles

Project launched to safeguard intangible cultural heritage in Scotland

MGS initiative will fund partnerships between 'tradition bearers' and cultural heritage organisations

Caerphilly Castle to reopen following two-year restoration

Elsewhere, Cyfarthfa Castle and Shire Hall Museum receive funding for transformative projects

Man charged after glass case holding Stone of Scone is broken

‘No damage’ to artefact after incident forced Perth Museum to evacuate visitors