News

Museums in Brighton and Dorset to benefit from lottery grants

Royal Pavilion Garden to be restored to original Regency design with £4.3m from Heritage Fund

British Museum starts hunt for new director

Mark Jones's replacement will lead organisation following 'tough year'

Director appointed for Bradford’s Peace Museum

Joe Brook joins from National Museums Liverpool

Charleston launches initiative to find privately owned Bloomsbury art

Gallery hopes display of never-seen paintings will encourage collectors to come forward ahead of its 50th anniversary

Nine Scottish museums to share nearly £422,000 in development funding

Museums Galleries Scotland awards grants to increase financial resilience and strengthen local connections

Curatorial fellowships launched for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people

Curating Visibility programme offers career development opportunities to tackle underrepresentation in sector

Museums under threat as councils prepare for new wave of austerity

Venues in Hampshire face closure while Suffolk cuts all funding for culture

Museum openings and expansions coming up in 2024

Our round-up of the new institutions and redevelopments to watch out for in the UK this year

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