What will be the benefits and challenges of the funding restructure for museums? We plan to integrate funding for museums into our three main funding streams, the National Portfolio, Grants for the Arts and strategic… Read more

The integrated funding means that for the first time museums and libraries will be part of the Arts Council’s investment portfolio. Libraries will only be eligible to receive ACE funding for the arts and museums activity they carry out, and local authorities… Read more

The arrival of Renoir’s St Tropez at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery is the first in a series of high-profile spotlight loans to the museum and has been loaned by Birmingham Museums Trust… Read more

During the opening ceremony, Hinz, spoke enthusiastically about the founding of ICOM in 1946 by a handful of passionate museum professionals, growing into today’s international organisation of more than 36,000 members. He recalled the fundamental aspirations of its founders: the… Read more

During the opening ceremony, Hinz, spoke enthusiastically about the founding of ICOM in 1946 by a handful of passionate museum professionals, growing into today’s international organisation of more than 36,000 members. He recalled the fundamental aspirations of… Read more

A rare Georgian clock, capable of recording changes in air pressure and used at the dawn of climate science, has been acquired for the nation by the Science Museum. The barograph clock is one of only four… Read more

As Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016 the V&A takes the crown from last year’s winner The Whitworth art Gallery at the University of Manchester and can boast to being… Read more

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery was last year’s winner and shone through as the most welcoming museum after being road tested by undercover families against 20 points on the Kids… Read more

The Art Garden is a philanthropic partnership with perfumer Jo Malone London and has been designed with waves of texture, colour and scent, which reveal themselves throughout the seasons. The planting scheme includes some of Jo Malone London’s most-loved ingredients… Read more

Designed by Hoskins Architects, the project will create improved natural light into the galleries and offer views into the gardens, which will be landscaping to reinforce their connection to the galleries and this important part of Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site. During renovation, the… Read more

The trenches have become synonymous with the First World War and no more so than in the Battle of the Somme, which began 100 years ago today, and has been remembered in an international ceremony at the Thiepval memorial in… Read more

This year’s Museums + Heritage Show at Olympia in London brought together museum professionals and providers from across the UK and internationally, some from as far afield as Argentina and Singapore, and we caught up with a… Read more

On that first day of the Battle of the Somme (which would rage until 18 November) 57,000 casualties were sustained by British Forces creating huge and unprecedented medical challenges. At the centre of  Wounded: Conflict, Casualties and Care is a… Read more