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British Museum investigating thefts from its collections

A number of items missing, stolen or damaged, as member of staff is dismissed

Consultation on Dundee Eden Project underway

A planning application is expected this autumn

Ancestry and National Portrait Gallery team up for family portraits exhibition

The Nation’s Family Album runs for four weeks

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£3.6m of 'national treasures' saved and Spectrum collections management standard to be translated into Welsh

Majority say museums should take a stance on the climate crisis

Younger generations were much more likely to believe that cultural organisations should take a position

Oxford-Benin partnership to create West African archaeology centre

Institute will support research and skills development

New director for Sir John Soane’s Museum

Former BBC arts editor Will Gompertz to join the London venue in January next year

New programme launched to support touring exhibitions

Going Places aims to engage underrepresented audiences with collections

MGS awards nine museums development funding

Organisations will share £434,000 for a variety of projects

Wellcome Collection sheds digital roles in restructure

Museum is undergoing shake-up as it develops new organisational strategy

Wales opens capital funding round

Money can support building or engineering work as well as digital infrastructure

Horniman Museum secures funding for nature project

Heritage Fund's £5.7m grant will support museum's Climate and Ecology Manifesto