News Museums Galleries Scotland Scottish museums in £456,000 funding boost Nine organisations to benefit from grants to strengthen community engagement
News English Heritage English Heritage workforce could shrink by 7% in major restructure Charity also considering seasonal closures as it reshapes for ‘drastically changed’ world
News Accreditation ACE announces review of Museum Accreditation scheme Scheme must better reflect sector’s needs amid ‘challenging’ operating environment, says Emmie Kell
News Capital projects Victoria Tower Gardens named one of Europe’s most endangered heritage sites Europa Nostra says planned Holocaust memorial development would ‘irreversibly transform’ character of civic park
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 Exhibitions Van Gogh breaks records at National Gallery Show was the London museum's most popular ticketed exhibition ever
News Collections Manchester museums launch online collections search Visitors can browse more than 750,000 objects including many that are not on display
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