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Five architect teams shortlisted for British Museum design competition

Major redevelopment will transform a third of museum’s gallery space

Former global Frieze director to head up National Portrait Gallery

Victoria Siddall to take up post of director this autumn

Unethical disposal could endanger public trust, say museum bodies

Arts Council England releases joint statement on financially motivated sales from collections

Landmark programme to tell stories from Aids pandemic

National HIV Story Trust awarded funding for regional roadshow

National Trust site trials technology to aid partially-sighted people

Saltram in Plymouth is using an app to support visitors in navigating spaces with minimal assistance

Fears for collection as shipwreck museum is put up for sale

Cornish venue is on the market for almost £2m but its contents may be auctioned off separately

Heritage sites report increase in crime and anti-social behaviour

Nine in 10 organisations have suffered a crime in the past year, according to new research

Somerset House announces phased reopening after fire

Blaze was ‘successfully contained to one part of the building’

Exhibition fit-out company Elmwood Projects enters liquidation

Glasgow-based firm was involved in redevelopments of Burrell Collection and St Fagans

Museums Galleries Scotland to ‘significantly scale back’ presence on X

Organisation launches new social media strategy based on ‘conscientious communication’

British Museum working with National Archives to improve record-keeping

Institution rebuts media coverage suggesting it broke the law

Somerset House remains closed after fire in west wing

Courtauld Gallery was not affected by blaze and has reopened