The Museum Resilience Fund, which complements the Arts Council’s investment in Major Partner Museums, focuses on gaps (geographical or otherwise) and development opportunities across the sector. The latest round sees a fall in the funding amount and numbers of… Read more

The National Museum of Oman, which spans is 13,700 sq m, has 14 permanent exhibitions and a dedicated gallery for temporary exhibitions and is the first museum in the Middle East to adopt open-plan storage concept. The… Read more

A major public appeal by the Art Fund and Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) – attracting 8,000 donations totalling £1.5m – to help the museum acquire the Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I, has succeeded thanks to a major… Read more

Stanton Williams and Asif Khan working together with conservation architect Julian Harrap and landscape design consultants J&L Gibbons have today been announced as the winners of the Museum of London’s international competition for the new museum at West Smithfield Their… Read more

Resilient Heritage grants between £3,000 and £250,000 will fund a range of tailored activity specifically designed to help organisations improve the way they manage heritage for the long-term. In a challenging and constantly changing economic landscape, one where there is… Read more

The Iron Age building, which is now open to the public, is based on an archaeological site from the time of the Roman conquest, is a recreation of a small Iron Age farmstead near Llansadwrn in the eastern corner of… Read more

These shortlisted museums will be road-tested anonymously by families over the summer, using the Kids in Museums Manifesto as a guide to their family and child friendliness. Dea Birkett, Creative Director of charity Kids in Museums who… Read more

Scottish greats such as Sir James Guthrie and international masters such as Degas and Picasso are already online as part of the new Collection site, which will enable for the first time the entire National Collection to… Read more

Grants will be available in England and Wales in sums of between £5,000 and £15,000 and are supported using public funding by ACE and the Welsh Government The AIM Hallmarks Awards support organisations in England and Wales by providing grants… Read more

Collaborating with Historic Royal Palaces, award-winning designers Chomko & Rosier and theatre makers Uninvited Guests have developed an intriguing and stimulating visitor experience called The Lost Palace, which will recreate the stories connected to Palace of Whitehall… Read more

Bonser-Wilton says that the Mary Rose remains the single largest underwater excavation in the world and you would struggle to find a shipwreck with so many artefact.  She says this is the key to the understanding of the ship as… Read more