Origin: Sector News
Arts Council announces new chair of the Museums Accreditation Committee
Hadrian Ellory-van Dekker, who is currently Head of Collections at the Science Museum and a member of the Science Museum Management Team, takes up the high-profile role… Read more
Four collections of national importance gain Designated Status from Arts Council
ss Great Britain Trust, The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, The Linnean Collections and Nottingham City Museums & Galleries’ Lace Machinery and Lace Collections recognised… Read more
Museum of The Gorge has raised £25,000 through crowd funding for major redesign project
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in Shropshire has worked with the Art Fund to raise the capital to create a new community space at the Gothic-style Museum of The Gorge built in 1834… Read more
New St Albans museum and art gallery project chooses architects for major £6.75m renaissance project
Architects John McAslan + Partners and exhibition designers Urban Salon have been appointed to develop the plans for St Albans’ new museum and art gallery project… Read more
One of India’s oldest museums announces architect to design new wing
Museum design specialists Steven Holl Architects chosen to design Mumbai City Museum's North Wing which will create a dynamic new cultural hub in the city… Read more
Arts Council calls for more diversity in museums
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced that from April 2015 organisations will be asked to shape their artistic programme to better reflect the communities they serve… Read more
Museums awarded LGBT funds
Support provided to highlight LGBT collections from Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund… Read more
Heritage rocks with new recording of The Farm’s All Together Now for possible Christmas Number 1
The Shorncliffe Trust, which looks after and promotes modern British military history, has teamed up with The Farm to mark the 100th anniversary of the Christmas Day Truce during World War One… Read more
Derby Museum Trust faces cuts from local council
Derby City Council has announced it plans to reduce its funding to Derby Museum Trust by over a quarter in the year 2015/16… Read more
New Silver Hoard Discovered in Aberdeenshire
Late Roman hacksilver thought to be the most northerly found in Europe to go on display in January… Read more
Northern culture and heritage to benefit from Autumn Statement
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement has included announcements of funding for various culture and heritage projects, including £1m for a Great Exhibition in the north… Read more
Lesser-known architects shortlisted for new Guggenheim Art Museum in Helsinki
Six finalists have been chosen from 1,715 stage one entries to design a new Guggenheim museum in the Finnish capital… Read more
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco offers first in-Gallery Google Glass™ tour experience
Platform developed by GuidiGO™ with content by Antenna International™ to supplement Keith Haring: The Political Line at de Young Museum… Read more
Arts Council England reports £45m worth of treasures accepted for the nation
Paintings by Francesco Guardi, Joseph Wright and Vincent Van Gogh part of works of art, manuscripts and archives brought by Cultural Gifts and Acceptance in Lieu Schemes… Read more
Tunnel planned to remove the A303 from the Stonehenge landscape
Guardians of the World Heritage Site English Heritage and National Trust call the plans ‘momentous’… Read more
Conflict, Time, Photography – looking at war through the eyes of time
The destructive forces of war are captured in Tate’s new exhibition, which brings together photographers who have documented wars first-hand and those that have taken retrospective images of conflict zones… Read more
National Museum Wales will showcase landscape masterpieces in exhibition set for US Tour
Pastures Green & Dark Satanic Mills: The British Passion for Landscape will to tour four American cities from next month to April 2016… Read more
Rare Bronze Age dagger used as a doorstop to go on display in Norwich
Internationally important antiquity discovered in Norfolk in the 1980s saved for the nation with heritage grant… Read more
From eating boots to survive to creating Santa Claus Lines in the Ice: Seeking the Northwest Passage
Just weeks after the long-anticipated discovery of one of Sir John Franklin’s lost ships the British Library looks back on almost 400 years of a fascination with the fabled Northwest Passage… Read more
Invitation to fall in a theatre on a Friday night
As the leaves are falling outside the Museum of London has prepared a special Invitation to Fall along with artist Amy Sharrocks, which is a fun inquiry into how we feel about falling… Read more