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New artist chosen for Tate Modern’s 2016 Turbine Hall commission
Since Tate Modern opened in 2000, the Turbine Hall has hosted some of the world’s most memorable and acclaimed works of contemporary art, including Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds installation in 2010, reaching an audience of millions. Through… Read more
Leeds Museums unveil Chinese Room at Temple Newsam House following painstaking conservation
Following several weeks of painstaking protection and preservation work by Leeds Museums & Galleries during the house’s bookings-only season (November to February), the drawing room, along with the rest of the Tudor Jacobean mansion, is almost ready… Read more
HLF grant awarded to well-being centre to return heritage to Worksop’s defunct museum
The project aims to return heritage to the 1938 Grade II listed, purpose-built library and museum in Worksop for the first time since the museum was closed in 1983. Now, with the HLF development funding of £131,300,… Read more
Demolition starts in preparation for new £7m Being Brunel museum
Being Brunel is a major new museum and visitor experience that will be a national centre of expertise in the life and works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, situated opposite his great ship ss Great Britain. Demolition of… Read more
Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System – extraordinary photos at the Natural History Museum
The 77 composite images represent a joining together of art and science. Benson painstakingly processes data from NASA and ESA missions to assemble the photographs for display. The exhibition features a soundscape of original music by Brian Eno and Museum… Read more
Death: is it your right to choose? New installation at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery explores taboo subject
This exhibition complements Death: the human experience, which opened in October 2015 and aims to encourage debate and discussion around end of life choices as the current law on assisted dying in the UK is undergoing scrutiny. Curators have chosen… Read more
The Museo del Prado acquires The Virgin of the Pomegranate by Fra Angelico for €18m
The Virgin of the Pomegranate is a masterpiece in an excellent state of conservation and the painting will now become one of the icons of the Museo del Prado The Royal Board of Trustees of the Museo… Read more
An expanded and transformed San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to open in May
An expanded and transformed San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to open in May The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced that a its new building will open to the public on Saturday 14 May. Read more
Historic England ensures Hepworth and Gormley sculptures among 41 listed
Historic England has announced that the sculptures listed by the DCMS include an Anthony Gormley masterpiece, his first to be listed, three Barbara Hepworth sculptures, a Henry Moore outside the Houses of Parliament and pieces depicting a range… Read more
Museum Selfie Day brings the world’s museums together with 30k tweets and an 80m reach
Museum Selfie Day brings the world’s museums together with 30k tweets and an 80m reach Museums and their visitors from around the world were tweeting like a rumbustious robin yesterday as they took part in the @MuseumSelfieDay Things began stirring… Read more
Museum Development Network offers help for Museums + Heritage Awards entrants
Museum Development Network offers help for Museums + Heritage Awards entrants As the deadline for entries to the Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence moves into the final ten days the Museum Development Network officers from around the UK are… Read more
What Does it Mean to be Human in the Digital Age? Museums get involved in Torch lecture series
The Humanities and the Digital Age series will explore the relationship between Humanities and the digital world and will consider digital’s at once disruptive and creative potential as well as imagining future ground for exploration. In this opening… 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
V&A Museum designed exhibition features at this week’s World Economic Forum
V&A Museum designed exhibition features at this week’s World Economic Forum With the theme of this year’s World Economic Forum, which opens today – Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution – as context, the exhibition presents six scenarios where the radical… Read more
Christ in Glory: Conserving one of the world’s largest tapestries at Coventry Cathedral
The “Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph” tapestry hangs against the back wall of the Lady Chapel at the north end of the cathedral church of St Michael, Coventry and commands the focus of attention for anyone… Read more