For the past 15 years, Stagetext, a leading arts charity, has been making arts and culture accessible to deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people, through the use of captioning and hopes to raise its profile through… Read more

The Museum + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2016 are now open for entries for projects completed between January and December 2015. The awards continue to generate public recognition for the winners and shortlistees, and have been instrumental… Read more

Arts Council England has announced the acceptance in lieu of inheritance tax of a painting by Sir Anthony Van Dyck of his close friend Olivia Porter and has been allocated to The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham Portrait of… Read more

Jarman is a singer and regularly performs for UCAN in shows and support workshops. Ten years ago she was diagnosed with a progressive eye condition called Stargardt’s disease.   John is also a performer for UCAN in shows and support… Read more

Speaking at the Museum’s Association annual conference in Birmingham, HLF Chair Sir Peter announced that the current Transition funding, Start Up grants and Catalyst small grants… Read more

A proposal to trial charging for certain exhibitions at RAMM will go before members of Exeter City Council’s Scrutiny Economy Committee on 12 November. This will be a first for RAMM and is a result of funding… Read more

Hot on the heels of Museums at Night the Science Museum is extending the way visitors experience the museum by announcing two unique all-nighters including midnight screenings of the new Star Wars film. Dubbed Astronights, the events… Read more

The international Symposium organised by Museums Galleries Scotland brings together prominent members of UNESCO, the Scottish Government, museums and other Scottish cultural organisations to discuss intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and its relationship with human rights. The mission… Read more

As part of the 2015 UK-China Year of Cultural Exchange, Tate and the Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum (CAFAM) will host a series of dialogues for museum professionals in Beijing from today until Thursday. The UK – China 2015… Read more

Julia Peyton-Jones has been Director of the Serpentine Galleries since 1991 and was joined in 2006, by Hans Ulrich Obrist as Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects. Together they have made the Serpentine… Read more

Prompted by the 20th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), HLF’s Inclusive Heritage Conference will challenge change-makers to address the under-representation of disabled people in shaping, visiting and working within the heritage sector. It will look at achievements to… Read more

What are the aims and objectives of Museums at Night? To challenge the notion that some people have that museums are boring and not for them by encouraging them to do something different at a… Read more

Arts Council England (ACE) is delivering the WiFi in Public Libraries programme, on behalf of DCMS, which is a one-off funding programme to enable all libraries in England to provide free, accessible WiFi for their users. It… Read more

The £3m grant will enable the British Museum to deliver a programme of in-depth and specialised training to establish a dedicated corps of Iraqi heritage professionals, fully skilled to deal with the aftermath of the destruction by… Read more