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Wordsworth Museum to be transformed with £4.75m HLF grant for poet’s 250th birthday
The Wordsworth Trust, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, has secured support for a £4.75m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to transform the Wordsworth story in Grasmere within the heart of the Lake District. Read more
Professional Development in the cultural sector: finding new ways to develop a skilled and diverse workforce
At the Museums Association conference in November Sir Peter Luff, Chair of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and HLF announced that there would be a third round of the SFF programme. This pledge was a shot in the arm for… Read more
Record number of entries for M+H Awards – now it’s over to the judges
A bumper stack of entries arrived at the Museum + Heritage offices on Monday with entries from across the country and internationally packing the postie’s sack The awards, now in their 13th year, are continuing to generate public recognition for… Read more
Arts Council England announces three galleries as new national partners to its collection
The three galleries Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Birmingham Museums Trust and The Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool will host 24 exhibitions over three years, becoming national partners for the Collection,… Read more
National Trust launches design competition for Capability Brown’s Croome Court
Croome Court is an 18th mansion designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, whose 300th anniversary celebrations take place in the summer, with some of the interior by Robert Adam. It represented Capability Brown’s first landscape design and his… Read more
V&A to create world’s leading collection on the art of photography
The V&A is planning to create the world’s most extensive collection on the art of photography by relocating more than 400,000 objects from SMG’s three-million-strong photography collection, held at the National… Read more
Whitechapel Gallery opens landmark Electronic Superhighway exploring the impact of computers on artists
Arranged in reverse chronological order, Electronic Superhighway at Whitechapel Gallery begins with works made at the arrival of the new millennium, and ends with Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T), an iconic, artistic moment that took place… Read more
One of the world’s oldest Qurans exhibited at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
The new gallery provides a unique insight into many of the faith groups that make up Birmingham’s diverse communities, exploring their traditions, beliefs and customs in an accessible and welcoming environment. Each of the six largest… Read more
Shakespeare’s home to be transformed into major new heritage landmark in Stratford-upon-Avon
In July 2016 the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust will open a fresh chapter in the story of William Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon with the transformation of the historic New Place site, which was home to Shakespeare and his family for 19 years during… Read more
Scotland’s first non-graduate museum trainees complete milestone Heritage Horizons programme
Since January 2015 the MGS Heritage Horizons trainees have worked alongside professionals in museums and galleries across Scotland – from Orkney and Lewis and from Dundee to the Borders – to learn a wide range of core… Read more
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