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National Trust expenditure rises 24% amid cost-of-living crisis

Charity says it has faced challenges but is ‘faring well’

New funding to enhance art museums for blind people

Arts and Humanities Research Council grants £250k to project

Trades Union Congress calls for end to ‘second class pay’ in heritage sector

Motion carried to recognise value of heritage and develop sustainable funding model

Arts Council Collection launches Acquisitions Fund

Patrons to introduce £40,000 fund at Frieze London

Museums at risk as local authority funding crisis intensifies

Uncertainty for institutions in Woking, Birmingham and Hampshire as councils cut costs

Museums Journal: The Anti-Ableism Issue

Ableism remains pervasive across the museum sector - here's how we can all take meaningful action

Welsh museums important to economy but pandemic is still taking a toll, report finds

Visitor figures, volunteering and learning have not yet recovered to pre-Covid levels

V&A agrees deal with Yemen to display looted artefacts

Funerary objects found in London shop will be repatriated when Yemen deems it safe to do so

Briefings on collections care launched following British Museum crisis

Collections Trust hosts meetings to review core principles related to inventory, audit and loss

V&A Dundee celebrates fifth anniversary

Research carried out to mark five years since opening shows impact of Scotland's design museum

Report highlights how museums can tell inclusive histories in polarised times

Research aims to help practitioners approach complex histories with confidence

Guidance for trans-inclusive practice unveiled

University of Leicester has developed the document with backing from cultural organisations