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Tate Creates Minecraft Worlds inspired by its art collection
Tate has teamed up with leading Minecraft mapmakers to create virtual 3-D worlds inspired by historic paintings… Read more
Museums Showoff – Challenging ACE!
Resilience and the future of museums will be at the heart of the conversation tomorrow when Museums Showoff teams up with Arts Council England (ACE)… Read more
Gateway Ticketing UK provides ticketing system to Houses of Parliament
New ticketing systems contract under way to improve running of one of the UK's leading attractions… Read more
From Industrial Revolution to digital revolution – Ironbridge Gorge’s crowdfunding campaign
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust teams up with Art Fund to raise £25,000 by 4 December in Crowd Funding initiative… Read more
A Bear Called Paddington – from darkest Peru to London
Museum of London to open new exhibition celebrating Paddington’s big-screen debut in a feature film released later this month… Read more
Indian Encounters – the differing fortunes of a Sikh Maharaja and a British Army Captain
British-Indian relations are examined in a new exhibition, Indian Encounters, which opens tomorrow at the National Museum of Scotland… Read more
World Press Photo exhibition arrives in Northern Ireland
Queen’s University Belfast is bringing the World Press Photo exhibition to Northern Ireland for the first time next week… Read more
We will remember them – exhibitions dedicated to First World War
As Armistice Day is marked 96 years after the end of the First World War Advisor talks to PLB Projects Ltd which has recently worked on two Great War exhibitions… Read more
Taking Over Day – Putting Children in Charge of Museums
Kids will be doing the jobs adults do as they wrestle control of Museums in Wales for a special day of activities… Read more
Let’s Remember Together: Remembrance Sunday 2014
As Remembrance Sunday is marked during the 100th year commemorations of the beginning of World War One, museums across the country will hold events… Read more
Transmitting Andy Warhol – ‘art should be for everyone’
More than 100 works by the king of pop art are showcased at Tate Liverpool from tomorrow as it explores the extraordinary power of Warhol’s 'total art' and understanding of mass-culture… Read more
Government calls on Arts Council to redress London funding bias
Committee says more should be done to redress the balance of funding away from the capital as a matter of urgency… Read more
After four years of renovation work, the Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (MEG) has been launched
It is the result of ambitious plans to create a window into the world’s cultures and give a worthy home to the ethnographic collections… Read more
English Heritage is investing £1 million to bring Audley End House back to its former splendour
The work is a continuation of the exterior conservation repair work undertaken last year as part of a £1.8 million improvement project… Read more
National Museum Cardiff launches Artes Mundi 6 Prize and Exhibition across three venues
Artes Mundi 6 Exhibition and Prize was launched this week - a major exhibition of work from ten of the world’s most innovative contemporary artists… Read more
National Museums Scotland gets Wellcome boost for its Scottish Centre for Scientific Engagement
The Wellcome Trust has announced a grant of £1.3 million towards the creation of six new galleries of Science and Technology at the National Museum of Scotland, opening in 2016… Read more
Artist Rooms On Tour 2015 – a year of photography
Damien Hirst in Orkney is one of the highlights of the seventh year of the the tour which also takes in the sights of Clydebank, Aberystwyth, County Durham, Shetland, Kirkcaldy and Powys… Read more
Science Museum Group appoints new chairman
Culture secretary announces Dame Mary Archer as new chairman of Science Museum Group for four years starting in January… Read more
Ashmolean Museum receives Constable painting accepted by nation to settle debt
£1m inheritance tax settled with acceptance of 19th century painting by British master… Read more
The Royal Air Force Museum announces new Chief Executive Officer
Maggie Appleton MBE moves from Luton Culture to RAF Museum in lead up to centenary celebrations in 2018… Read more