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ICOM UK-NMDC 2021 Working Internationally Conference 12/01/2021
Join us for our three day virtual conference, covering topics including social justice, sustainability and the future of museums. »more
‘Eat the Archives’ – creation and participation are dominant themes for 2021 museum openings 11/01/2021
Derby Silk Mill, Manchester Jewish Museum, Museum of the Home and Thackray Medical Museum among those opening or reopening after major transformation this year. »more
Culture GVA up 9.5% in 2019, bringing £34.6bn to the economy 11/01/2021
New figures for 2019 show DCMS sectors outperforming the rest of the economy before the coronavirus hit. »more
£250m available in second round of Cultural Recovery Fund grants 11/01/2021
New round focuses on helping cultural organisations move to a viable and sustainable operating model. »more
Science Museum acquires empty vial from world's first Covid-19 vaccine 11/01/2021
Spring exhibition will also look at vaccination in a wider context: from bubonic plague to Ebola. »more
BMAG invites users to curate gallery space in virtual reality 04/12/2020
A collaboration with the game Occupy White Walls means that players can curate Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery pictures - with help from AI which learns their taste. »more
Second meeting of the APPG for Museums 04/12/2020
Latest meeting discusses sector recovery, employment and digital exclusion. »more
Spending Review includes new Levelling Up fund 04/12/2020
Measures include a £4.8bn ‘Levelling Up’ fund, open for bids from any local area and available for museum projects. »more
Museums in England begin second lockdown for at least four weeks 06/11/2020
English museums return to lockdown, with new provision announced to extend furlough to March. »more
Museums Change Lives winners announced 06/11/2020
From home delivered arts activities, to setting up a museum in a shopping centre in under two months. »more