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Scottish Crannog Centre unveils new building

Opening follows 2021 fire that devastated the Perthshire site

National Trust opens three textile exhibitions

Journeys – Global Textiles from the Karun Thakar Collection is being held at Osterley Park, Blickling Estate and Dyrham Park

Three Ironbridge Gorge sites reopen after National Trust takeover

A phased opening of all other attractions is planned over the coming months

VAT cut promises cheaper museum tickets for families

Tax rate reduced to 5% for certain attractions over summer holidays

National museums in England report 10% decrease in young visitors

Public investment is needed to remove access barriers, says MA director

Màiri McAllan appointed Scotland’s new culture secretary

Culture brief merged with education in slimmed-down cabinet

Sainsbury Centre receives £91.2m donation

Money will be used to revitalise the Norman Foster-designed building at the University of East Anglia, Norwich

V&A receives £4m to transform South Asia gallery

Projects with young people will aim to bring transparency to colonial history of the collection

Lack of staff is biggest challenge facing museum directors this year

Leadership survey finds stretched resources are leading to long-term decline in core collections activity

First look at the British Museum’s Bayeux Tapestry exhibition

Institution ‘confident’ about transporting artefact to London after two successful dry runs

Five Scottish collections awarded national significance status

Linoleum, photography and Iron Age collections among those newly listed under Recognition Scheme

Wellcome Collection to return 2,000 manuscripts in landmark agreement

Museum says Jain texts were acquired ‘against the best interests of their original owners’