Tag: DCMS
DCMS-sponsored English museums experience 3.1m fall in visitor numbers
DCMS-sponsored English museums experience 3.1m fall in visitor numbers A report by the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) shows visits to all 15 sponsored English museums decreased by 6.2 per cent, from 50.7m 2014/15 to… Read more
DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund announces £4m grants for museums
The grants, jointly funded through a partnership between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Wolfson Foundation, will be used for renovation and improvement projects in 39 museums… Read more
BALTIC to host STEAM Symposium for educators to promote art in schools
The STEAM Symposium: Laboratory of Visual Exploration is in partnership with the… Read more
Culture Secretary makes maiden speech in Liverpool on importance of the arts
As the new Culture Secretary, I am already getting around the country – and the world – to demonstrate how culture, media and sport are all key parts of the Government’s overall industrial strategy. On my first day in my… Read more
Culture Minister puts temporary export bar on 17th century Italian cabinets worth £1.2m
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on the 300-year-old ebony cabinets to provide an opportunity to save them for the nation. Experts say that they are among the most important cabinets from Rome left in Britain… Read more