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Museum, arts and heritage workers named in New Year Honours
Incoming English Heritage chief Nick Merriman and MA board member Steve Miller among those to receive awards
Welsh Government urged to reconsider sweeping cuts to museums and heritage
Draft budget for 2024-25 is proposing cuts of 11.2% for culture and the arts
Consultation launched into proposed ‘living heritage’ register
Views sought as UK Government looks to ratify Unesco convention on intangible cultural heritage
Upward trend in museum visitor figures across UK
Latest data suggests museums are gradually regaining pre-pandemic levels of footfall
Deputy chair quit before British Museum announced £50m BP deal
Board minutes reveal ‘strong personal disagreement’ among trustees and concern over security risks
Museums on alert following British Library cyber attack
Sector urged to tighten security after criminal hack left library severely incapacitated
Four artists commissioned to create new work in response to Holocaust testimony
Holocaust Centre North hopes scheme will help memorialise survivors as first-hand accounts diminish
Heritage professionals respond to ‘woke archaeology’ claims
Museum of London research on plague victim ethnicity has faced criticism in parliament
British Museum announces new £50m BP deal to fund masterplan
Climate campaigners plan to mount legal challenge to ‘indefensible’ 10-year partnership
Alfredo Cramerotti to step down as director of Mostyn
Art curator to take up new role as director of Media Majlis in Qatar
