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New director of Heritage Fund Northern Ireland

Stella Byrne has started her new role

V&A’s Tim Reeve takes top job at English Heritage

The charity has been without a permanent chief executive since Nick Merriman’s departure in June last year

Plans to relocate Walsall Leather Museum scrapped by new Reform council

Campaigners welcome decision to keep museum in its historic factory home

Union members at Royal Museums Greenwich to strike

RMG said it is disappointed by the industrial action, which will take place on 11-12 August

Updated safeguarding guidance addresses generative AI concerns

Kids in Museums offers advice on using images of children on websites and social media

V&A collections staff vote to strike over working conditions during heatwave

Institution says safety and wellbeing is of ‘utmost importance’ after workers raise grievance

London Museum sounds out DJs to join late-night collective

Musicians will play regular evenings when the institution reopens in November

Loss of funding for Jodrell Bank Observatory will not affect site’s museum

Engagement centre is supported separately and ‘remains open to visitors’

Funding boost means construction can start on major Scottish collections store

Lottery grant of £8.5m for The Art Works, which will house the National Galleries of Scotland's collections

Fund has helped Scotland’s museums ‘move beyond day-to-day survival’

Evaluation report looks at impact of Museum Futures scheme one year in

NML to scrutinise financial networks that propped up chattel slavery

Community-led project will recruit young people to research insurance system underpinning the trade in enslaved people

Tourist tax comes into effect in Edinburgh

Scheme aims to raise £50m annually