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Art Fund announces recipients in first year of the Headley Fellowships scheme 04/04/2019
Seven curators receive funding of £200k so they can pursue research projects. »more
‘Everywhere Dippy has gone, visitor numbers have gone through the roof’ 04/04/2019
ALVA visitor figures for 2018 shed light on what was popular across the UK - including dinosaurs, terracotta warriors and all things Scotland. »more
Manchester Museum in unique collaboration to commemorate the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 06/03/2019
Manchester Museum has co-curated a unique exhibition with the Partition Museum, Amritsar. »more
Ceramics to Coptic socks: National Museum of Scotland completes £80m gallery transformation 06/03/2019
Ancient Egypt, East Asia and Ceramics galleries open. »more
Government consults on proposed changes to the Treasure Act 05/02/2019
The Government is proposing to widen the definition of treasure. »more
British Museum launches sophisticated database to spot looted Egyptian artefacts 05/02/2019
Data and curatorial expertise will combine to track thousands of items and spot those with false provenance. »more
DCMS consults on strengthening export deferral rules 09/01/2019
The consultation follows some failed attempts at acquisition, despite successful fundraising by cultural bodies. »more
£27m of acquisitions for the nation through Cultural Gifts and Acceptance in Lieu 09/01/2019
Works range from Pilkington Collection of ceramics and glass to works by Patrick Heron and Lucian Freud and an album of 19th century natural history drawings. »more
British Library and Turing Institute will ‘revolutionise historical research’ with £9.2m project 09/01/2019
The project will evolve new approaches using AI to understand the Industrial Revolution through a huge data set of British Library newspapers and other sources. »more
Fitzwilliam Museum receives £83k from new DCMS Loneliness Fund 09/01/2019
The award is from a cross-sectoral funding stream to support stronger communities. »more