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Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture announces closure

The university museum is seeking new homes for its collections as it ceases operating

Aviva Studios opens in Manchester

Project is largest investment in a national cultural project since the opening of Tate Modern in 2000

American Museum of Natural History removes all human remains from display

Many of the 12,000 remains in the museum's collection came from Indigenous and enslaved populations

Nick Merriman appointed chief executive of English Heritage

Horniman director to take up new role overseeing the national heritage collection

Media coverage of missing objects ‘misleading’, says MA director

Movement of objects is normal but documentation work has been 'undermined by structural underfunding'

Future of Buxton Museum unclear following dry rot closure

Museum was forced to shut in June after discovery of severe structural issues

Unesco unveils plans for virtual museum of stolen objects

Site aims to help strengthen advocacy for the return of looted cultural property

Museum of faith opens in Bishop Auckland

New institution explores 6,000 years of belief across Britain

Petition launched against reimposed 10% cut to Creative Scotland

Campaigners warn that thousands of jobs are at risk after £6.6m cut was brought back

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Vagina Museum finds new home while MGS launches scheme to improve access to culture

Government finally publishes ‘retain and explain’ guidance

Policy for managing 'contested' heritage first proposed in January 2021

Oxford museums return ancestral remains to Aboriginal communities

Remains were acquired as part of archaeological and anthropological practices that ‘caused much hurt’