News

Councils spend 23% less per head on museums than they did 15 years ago

Arts council report lays bare extent of local authority funding crisis in England

Sensational Museum project seeks pilot museums to develop new access tools

Initiative aims to put disability at the heart of museums through innovative multisensory practice

Museums encouraged to apply to acquisitions fund

V&A manages the fund, which is supported by arts council lottery money

Recovered stolen gems to go on display at British Museum

Exhibition will explore the significance of the ancient Mediterranean items

Protest at Tate Modern over sexual violence against Israeli women

Activists condemn international feminist organisations for response to 7 October atrocities

DCMS seeks views on intangible cultural heritage proposals

Government to host digital roundtables on its plans to ratify Unesco convention

Widescale destruction of cultural heritage in Gaza

Thirteenth-century palace among many sites reportedly damaged in Israel-Gaza war

Museums secure funding for redevelopment projects

Norfolk Museums Service, Glasgow Life and Royal Cornwall Museum reveal ambitious plans

‘It’s the most important Holocaust Memorial Day I can remember’

How global events have shaped how Holocaust-related museums are commemorating the day this year

New firm appointed to Liverpool museums project following Adjaye allegations

Architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios will lead transformation of International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum

V&A and British Museum to loan Asante gold to Ghana

Cultural partnership will see regalia return to country for the first time in 150 years

Arts council extends National Portfolio Investment Programme

Funding period will be lengthened by one year until end of March 2027