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Poole Museum and Bronte Society among recipients of £24m arts council funding

Capital investment will support building works, new equipment and environmental sustainability measures

MPs and peers told of ‘serious challenges’ facing civic museums

Value of museums and risks to the sector highlighted at parliamentary event

Natural History Museum’s transformed gardens to open on 18 July

Name of newly installed bronze 'Dippy' cast will be revealed during the opening

Ely Museum ‘devastated’ after theft of bronze age treasures

New CCTV footage shows two individuals taking East Cambridgeshire gold torc and gold bracelet

New Scottish galleries attract half a million visitors

The spaces at the National in Edinburgh opened at the end of September 2023

Sámi Museum named European Museum of the Year 2024

Indigenous museum wins for ethical participation and inclusive practices, as Museum of the Home and Museum of Making are also recognised

New round of strikes to begin at National Museums Liverpool

Walk-outs will run until July as parties fail to reach an agreement on bonus payment

Horniman Museum and Gardens appoints new chief executive

Gordon Seabright joins London museum from Creative Land Trust

Holocaust Centre North launches first digital archive

Online resource is the opening phase of a three-year project to catalogue and digitise entire Holocaust collection

Nineteen museums and galleries join Museum Transformers programme

Museums Galleries Scotland scheme aims to help organisations 'embed anti-oppression work'

Finalists announced for Museum of the Year 2024

Art Fund reveals the five institutions shortlisted for this year’s £120,000 prize

Zoological Society launches crowdsourcing appeal for memories and artefacts

Conservation charity will mark its 200th anniversary in 2026