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Six museum projects awarded £315,000

Funding to support organisations connect with audiences and explore local identities

Local government funding for culture and leisure down £2.3bn since 2010

Two reports expose the impact of austerity on the sector

Artists criticise Royal Academy for ‘anti-Palestinian censorship’

Row after London institution removed two works from its summer exhibition

Horniman to return Warumungu objects to Australia

Ten objects to return to the care of their original community

Labour will ‘put rocket boosters’ under museum and heritage sector, says Nandy

Culture secretary acknowledges 'neglect' of institutions in speech at Science and Industry Museum

Brighton Museum to shut for essential roof repairs

Work is part of a wider scheme to revamp the Grade II-listed building

Vigil held outside Atkinson after Southport tragedy

Thousands of mourners gather to remember three children killed in stabbing attack

Wrexham scores with funding for football museum

Money for Wrexham part of a number of grants awarded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund

Engagement in English museums and galleries rises 10 percentage points

Latest DCMS figures show museums saw biggest increase of all cultural sectors last year

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery continues phased reopening

Birmingham Museums Trust carrying out £5m revamp of the venue

Repatriation working group seeks views of Scottish sector

Group is developing guidance to support museums and galleries in repatriation

Historic England aims to ‘dispel myths’ about greening listed buildings

New advice on climate adaptation clarifies what steps historic properties can take to decarbonise