Category: News
HLF launches Kick the Dust pilot as challenge to heritage and youth sectors to improve youth engagement
The programme supports a priority set out in the Government’s recent Culture White Paper to involve young people more effectively in the UK’s culture, both heritage and the arts. Kick the Dust is a pilot programme, which aims to make… Read more
Turner Prize 2016 exhibition opens at Tate Britain with contemporary artworks from four shortlisted artists
This year works on show at Tate Britain are by Anthea Hamilton, Helen Marten, Michael Dean, and Josephine Pryde will share the £40,000 prize fund with £25,000 going to the winner and £5,000 each for the other shortlisted… Read more
Croome Park – restoring Capability Brown’s landscape from farmland into a modern outdoor visitor attraction
Restoration work at Croome Park is in its 20th year now, which has seen the National Trust restore more than 400 acres of pasture, which had been arable farmland for the past half a century,… Read more
International design competition launches to create new UK holocaust memorial in Westminster
The competition, which was acknowledged today by Prime Minister Theresa May at Prime Minister’s Questions, is the next step in creating a new national landmark next to Parliament in Victoria Tower Gardens. It will demonstrate the UK’s… Read more
Should museums charge admission fees? AIM publishes admissions charging research
AIM commissioned the study, Taking Charge: evaluating the evidence, and its accompanying guide for people running museums Successfully Setting Admissions Policy and Pricing from DC Research, in partnership with ACE and the Welsh Government. The… Read more