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Cultural Gifts Scheme, cathedrals, theatres and Magna Carta celebrations benefit from the 2014 Budget. »more

Museums across the UK are participating in a Europe wide social media promotion of museums and their work 24th - 30th March 2014 »more

The Beamish Museum, National Railway Museum and National Museum of Scotland all have a remarkable year - while the British Museum continues to lead the field. »more

We have brought together a selection of the major exhibitions from our member museums for 2014 - covering everything from mammoths to Vikings, and suffragettes to WW1 commemorations. »more

New figures released by DCMS reveal that the Creative Industries are earning £8 million every hour for the UK, or £71.4 billion every year. The figures have been calculated using a new formula developed with NESTA over the past two years. »more

There is a risk that traditional heritage skills may be lost with the retirement of a rapidly ageing workforce - but the sector also lacks people with IT knowledge. »more

Substantial grants on offer to add to collections or improve their interpretation. »more

Arts Council acknowledges that there is 'more to do' but argues that some figures in the report which suggested London is getting the lion's share of funding are misleading. »more

A new reportRebalancing our Cultural Capitaltracks 20 years of government funding to argue that London is getting too large a slice of available funds. »more

The Government is proposing changing aspects of copyright legislation to make it easier for museums to preserve works in their collection, make works available to view on dedicated terminals, and for librarians and archivists to be able to make single copies of works for visitors for the purpose of private study. NMDC (with other museum sector bodies) has responded to the reviewof the proposed legislative changes. »more