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National Gallery bans liquids following wave of art attacks

Protest groups offer to meet with national museum directors to discuss a way forward

Artist Hew Locke explores empire at British Museum

Exhibition has four themes: Sovereigns and Icons of Nationhood; Trade; Conflict; and Treasure

Museum security guards announce six-day strike over Halloween

Outsourced workers at NHM and Science Museum to walk out on ‘busiest week of the year’

Heritage Fund awards £30m in grants as it prepares for 30th birthday

Windrush port and Crystal Palace dinosaurs among the heritage attractions to receive lottery boost

UK collections boosted by Frieze art fair acquisitions

Hepworth Wakefield, Tate and the Arts Council Collection among those who have new works following the event

Jewish Museum London to document UK impact of 7 October attacks

Institution is curating a new collection on how events have affected British Jewish community

Attacks on art have to stop, say national museum directors

Open letter from NMDC outlines ‘hugely damaging’ impact of protests on institutions, staff and visitors

Science Museum Group collections centre unveils name as it opens to public

More than 300,000 objects are housed in the publicly accessible Hawking Building near Swindon

MSPs hear how Scottish museums are addressing colonial legacies

Reception held in parliament to show how sector is embedding anti-racism in workplaces and public spaces

Gaza campaigners target Picasso painting in latest National Gallery protest

Action comes weeks after Just Stop Oil activists threw soup at Van Gogh painting

Nandy plans to get Government Art Collection ‘out of the basement’

Culture secretary outlines goal to bring creativity back into schools and communities

Security guards to go on strike at NHM and Science Museum

Outsourced workers say they are treated as ‘second-class citizens’ as they demand better pay and conditions