News Funding Wales spends less on culture than almost all European nations, report finds Nation risks being left behind unless cultural investment increases, says Senedd committee
News British Museum British Museum ‘running as normal’ again after alleged IT attack Ex-contractor arrested after disruption to the museum's IT infrastructure last week
News Holocaust Online portal gives public access to thousands of Holocaust-era documents ‘New urgency’ to fight misinformation as museums mark International Holocaust Memorial Day
News Strikes National museum security guards escalate strike action Month-long walkout planned in February as workers from more V&A sites join campaign
News Slavery Science and Industry Museum teams up with Guardian newspaper on slavery exhibition Project aims to increase public understanding of Manchester’s historic connections to enslavement
News Cuts Campaigners fight ‘misguided’ plans to close local authority museums Abbey House Museum in Leeds and three Bristol institutions are among those at risk
News Local Authority Wollaton Hall to charge entry under new delivery plan for Nottingham museums Fee is part of new operating model intended to generate income and reduce financial pressure on council
News Fire Museum dedicated to Hollywood star Will Rogers destroyed in LA wildfires Blaze also reached grounds of Getty Villa Museum but staff and collections are safe
News Cultural engagement brings health and wellbeing benefits worth £8bn Research uses new methodology to show monetary value of cultural investment
News Strikes National museum security guards plan coordinated day of strike action More than 100 workers from V&A, NHM and Science Museum to walk out on 21 December