Category: News
14 men convicted of nationwide museum raids stealing objects worth between £18 and £57m
The gang was brought to justice after a four-year covert national investigation – Operation Griffin – led by officers from Durham and Cambridgeshire, supported by the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chiefs Council. Between November 2011 and April… Read more
Fighting for a balanced national cultural policy – Q&A with GPS Culture on new report to better regional arts funding
What was your aim in researching the report? We have to set the bar high for the Government’s Culture White Paper. We need to fight for a holistic and balanced national cultural policy and funding settlement, designed to… Read more
Museum Advocacy Day gets underway in US with cultural organisations lobbying Congress
Organised by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Museum Advocacy Day (22-23 February) will see advocates present Congress with powerful research and stories on the economic, educational and community impact museums make locally and nationally. AAM has… Read more
The Art Fund – bridging the gap between art, artists, museums and museum professionals – Q&A with Stephen Deuchar
What new initiatives and projects will the Art Fund be working on in 2016? One of our brand new projects for 2016 is the Moving Image Fund, which helps regional museums collect, present and conserve artists’ film and… Read more
What is the future of museums? – Derby Museums host its first Future Museums Week
Derby Museums are to launch their first Future Museums Week to explore the topic through a series of talks, demonstrations and a symposium. Kicking of this evening, Jonathan Wallis, Head of Museums at Derby Museums will be hosting Museum… Read more
Wordsworth Museum to be transformed with £4.75m HLF grant for poet’s 250th birthday
The Wordsworth Trust, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, has secured support for a £4.75m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to transform the Wordsworth story in Grasmere within the heart of the Lake District. Read more
Record number of entries for M+H Awards – now it’s over to the judges
A bumper stack of entries arrived at the Museum + Heritage offices on Monday with entries from across the country and internationally packing the postie’s sack The awards, now in their 13th year, are continuing to generate public recognition for… Read more
Arts Council England announces three galleries as new national partners to its collection
The three galleries Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Birmingham Museums Trust and The Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool will host 24 exhibitions over three years, becoming national partners for the Collection,… Read more
National Trust launches design competition for Capability Brown’s Croome Court
Croome Court is an 18th mansion designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, whose 300th anniversary celebrations take place in the summer, with some of the interior by Robert Adam. It represented Capability Brown’s first landscape design and his… Read more