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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

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust announces community and learning hub

New space will host paid-for school visits as well as free community events

Jewish Museum London awarded £231,000 to develop new business model

The lottery grant will support loans and education outreach as the museum searches for a new home

Uncertainty for Nottingham Museums as council outlines budget cuts

Alternative delivery models are being considered

Birmingham’s Gas Hall to reopen for pre-Raphaelite exhibition

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery will welcome visitors back next year with blockbuster show

Stonehenge protesters in second high court bid

Campaign group is seeking a judicial review of decision to greenlight £1.7bn tunnel scheme

Campaign launched to create Museum of the Prime Minister

Institution will conserve the history of the UK premiership and promote democracy