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10 March 2026

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Funding

Report calls for ‘early warning system’ of national museum finances

09 March 2026

Technology

Interactive AI avatar debuts at Leeds Castle

09 March 2026

Technology

Crime

Police take Bristol Museum theft case to BBC Crimewatch

06 March 2026

Crime

Conservation

Expert warns viral DIY gravestone cleaning can cause “irreversible damage”

05 March 2026

Conservation

Repatriation

Ashmolean returns 16th-century bronze to India after provenance research

05 March 2026

Repatriation

Museum Moves

Museum Moves 27 February – 5 March 2026

04 March 2026

Museum Moves

Research

Historic Houses visits rise 14%, but remain lower than pre-pandemic

04 March 2026

Research

Guidance

New guide tackles Chair-CEO relationships in cultural sector

04 March 2026

Guidance

News

Live round found during Tank Museum maintenance check

04 March 2026

News

M+H Show

Learn from the V&A’s decentralised volunteering model success

03 March 2026

Capital projects

The Barbican’s £231m upgrade gets planning permission

03 March 2026

Capital projects

Technology

British Museum to use AI-powered weapon detection at entrances

02 March 2026

Technology

Audience

Plymouth museum breaks visitor records with Beryl Cook exhibition

27 February 2026

Audience

Museum Moves

Museum Moves 20 – 26 February 2026

26 February 2026

Museum Moves

Appointments

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust appoints first creative director

26 February 2026

Appointments

Funding

Peace Museum to open year-round after £1m City of Culture boost

26 February 2026

Funding

Industrial action

Union warns strike at London Museum could delay reopening

25 February 2026

Industrial Action

Openings

30 year old displays transformed in Derby museum redevelopment

25 February 2026

Openings & closures

Acquisitions

Fundraising push to prevent Bronze Age jewellery leaving Leicestershire

25 February 2026

Acquisitions

Archives

Bird Playing Cards Extending Visitor Experience

Report calls for ‘early warning system’ of national museum finances

Interactive AI avatar debuts at Leeds Castle

Police take Bristol Museum theft case to BBC Crimewatch

Expert warns viral DIY gravestone cleaning can cause “irreversible damage”

Ashmolean returns 16th-century bronze to India after provenance research

Museum Moves 27 February – 5 March 2026

Historic Houses visits rise 14%, but remain lower than pre-pandemic

New guide tackles Chair-CEO relationships in cultural sector

Live round found during Tank Museum maintenance check

Learn from the V&A’s decentralised volunteering model success

The Barbican’s £231m upgrade gets planning permission

British Museum to use AI-powered weapon detection at entrances

Plymouth museum breaks visitor records with Beryl Cook exhibition

Museum Moves 20 – 26 February 2026

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust appoints first creative director

Peace Museum to open year-round after £1m City of Culture boost

Union warns strike at London Museum could delay reopening

30 year old displays transformed in Derby museum redevelopment

Fundraising push to prevent Bronze Age jewellery leaving Leicestershire