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New social justice category for Family Friendly Museum Award

Eighteen organisations in the running for the annual award, which will be announced in October

Bristol Museum launches urgent fundraiser to acquire Turner artwork

Organisation has just one week to raise £100,000 to buy the painting, which is to be auctioned at Sotheby's on 2 July

Glasgow Women’s Library awarded sanctuary status

Status awarded to organisations that welcome and support refugees and people seeking asylum

Welsh Government failing to adequately support free entry, says committee

Senedd report says admission fee for Big Pit underground tour should be dropped on principle

John Ellerman Foundation closes funding stream for museums and galleries

National Coal Mining Museum among those awarded final grants from the fund

IWM plans second world war exhibitions at Duxford site

Funding also confirmed for new visitor experience at SS Great Britain

Hull completes new carbon neutral visitor centre to house Arctic Corsair

North End Shipyard will open to visitors next year

National museum security guards secure ‘life-changing’ pay rises after strike

Victory for workers who took more than 50 days of industrial action

Museum sector pays tribute following death of Geoff Palmer

Scientist and human rights activist chaired Empire, Slavery and Scotland’s Museums project

Honours list: V&A deputy Tim Reeve among museum professionals recognised

Other recipients of King's Birthday Honours include Camilla Hampshire, former head of Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Pitt Rivers begins process to repatriate human remains

Delegation of Naga representatives visit museum to discuss return and care of ancestral remains

Largest collection of filmed HIV/Aids testimonies opens to public

Three-year project was led by the National HIV Story Trust