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HLF and ACE launch new pilot programme to explore crowdfunding in the arts and heritage sector
HLF and ACE have launched a pilot scheme, outlined in the government’s Culture White Paper, in partnership with UK innovation foundation Nesta and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) that aims to benefit a variety… Read more
Glasgow’s Burrell Collection prepares for major £66m redevelopment with first international loans
From next month work will begin on the refurbishment of the Grade A category building and redisplay of the Burrell Collection that will allow more than 90 per cent of the 9,000-strong collection to be redisplayed with… Read more
V&A director Martin Roth to leave the museum this autumn following Brexit vote
In a summer when the V&A was named Art Fund Museum of the Year its director Martin Roth has announced that he will be stepping down following recent interviews with a German broadcaster pointing to his disillusionment over Britain’s vote… 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
New exhibition showcasing incredible journey of astronaut Tim Peake to open in his hometown Museum
The Novium Museum in Chichester has announced that it will be showcasing the extraordinary journey of astronaut Tim Peake from growing up in the town to becoming the first British European Space Agency astronaut in a new exhibition Tim Peake… Read more
Royal Society launches Local Heroes grants for small museums to celebrate scientific discoveries
Royal Society launches grants for small museums to celebrate scientific heroes Local Heroes scheme now open for applications with grant funding of up to £3,000 available to small museums and galleries to champion exceptional discoveries in science from around the… Read more
RAF Museum appoints Buttress architects to redevelop Cosford site to mark RAF’s 100th anniversary
The plans are being drawn up as part of the museum’s centenary legacy programme of developments that will see both RAF Museum sites transformed in celebration of the air force’s 100-year anniversary in 2018. Developments at the London site have… Read more
HLF launch new Heritage Endowments programme to promote a more resilient future for UK Heritage
HLF launch new Heritage Endowments programme of to promote more resilient future for UK Heritage This new Endowments programme has been designed to build a strong and resilient future for heritage, organisations and help them secure a regular source of… Read more
Royal Mail launches six Capability Brown stamps to mark 300th anniversary
The stamps showcase some of the best loved surviving examples of Capability Brown’s work, and celebrate his contribution to landscape gardening including: Blenheim Palace, Longleat, Compton Verney, Highclere Castle, Alnwick Castle, Berrington Hall, Stowe and Croome Park. Lancelot Capability Brown is… Read more
ACE and University of Leicester push diversity in the sector with funding and scholarships
In December 2014 Sir Peter Bazalgette the ACE’s outgoing chair, made a one of his ‘most important speeches’ to the arts and culture sector announcing a fundamental shift in the way the funding body approached diversity and made it a… Read more
National Maritime Museum Greenwich launches Endeavour project to create four new galleries with £4.7m HLF grant
Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) has received a confirmed grant of £4,677,100 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards a £12.6m project called the Endeavour Galleries that will be completed in mid-2018 in time for the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s… Read more
Kossmann.dejong creates the design for temporary exhibition Living in the Amsterdam School at Stedelijk Museum
Designing for the interior of the period from 1910-1930 for Stedelijk Museum’s current exhibition Living in the Amsterdam School (named after a style of Dutch architecture) is an immersion in details, shapes and craft, particular for this movement in the… Read more