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Arts Council England publishes restitution and repatriation guidance

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Arts Council England (ACE) commissioned the Institute of Art and Law to develop guidance to support the museums sector in matters related to the restitution and repatriation of cultural objects.  The guidance provides a practical framework for museums to consider and manage potential restitution and repatriation cases.   The guidance is underpinned by existing policy […]

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Horniman Museum to return 72 artefacts to Nigeria

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This article was first published by the BBC. A London museum says it has agreed to return to Nigeria artefacts looted in the 19th Century from the Kingdom of Benin. The Horniman Museum said ownership of 72 objects would be transferred to the Nigerian government. Items include 12 brass plaques, known as Benin Bronzes, a […]

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Designing a new way of understanding the value museums have to everyone

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This article was written by Leonie Bell, Director of V&A Dundee, and first published by The Scotsman. Why do we visit museums? What do they tell us about our past and future, and about ourselves? These questions are urgent for the cultural sector, as we all continue recovering from the impacts of Covid and adjust […]

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ICOM UK online event – City as a Museum: Art Curation Beyond Institutional Walls

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City as a Museum: Art Curation Beyond Institutional Walls is the next ICOM UK online event for students and emerging professionals. It takes place on Wednesday 17 August 2022, 14:00 – 15:30 BST (UK time). Free registration via Eventbrite. The dynamic development of art’s institutions plays a significant role in shaping art experiences. Today, curators engage in […]

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Albuquerque Museum Returns Indigenous Artifacts to Mexico

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This article was first published by ARTnews. The Albuquerque Museum in New Mexico has returned to Mexico a collection of antiquities donated to the museum and kept in storage for more than a decade. The group of a dozen artifacts, which include sculptures and figurines with roots in Olmec and Zacatecas Indigenous communities, were donated […]

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How can museums increase accessibility for neurodiverse audiences?

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This article was first published by MuseumNext. Working to make museums accessible to a bigger, broader and more varied audience is something that we can all agree on. But as we are regularly reminded, not every disability or learning difficulty is visible and it isn’t always easy to cater for everyone’s needs in a single, […]

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Chinese cultural institutions extending opening hours to meet needs of the public

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This article was first published by the Global Times. The Chinese government has been placing greater emphasis on the role of museums over the past few years. In a letter to senior experts at the National Museum of China on the occasion of its 110th anniversary on July 8, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed […]

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UK culture and heritage organisations send packing crates, conservation and packing materials and collections documentation equipment to Ukraine

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– Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, sector colleagues and organisations across the world mobilised to practically help their colleagues in Ukraine.  Very often the support for Ukrainian museums and staff has been coordinated collaboratively with support of ICOM National Committees.  The UK response began with the UA-UK Cultural Heritage Initiative […]

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The Kyiv museum staff who stayed to protect cherished artefacts

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This article was first published by Al Jazeera. Bohdan Patryliak, deputy director of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, does not recommend a diet of Snickers, Mars bars and white-bread sandwiches. This had been his staple meal for more than a month when the museum’s grandiose offices, once a centre of academic research, […]

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