Author: Jemma Jarman

This article was first published by Museums + Heritage Advisor. Union members who work at the Tate Galleries are set to stage a week of strike action in a dispute over pay. Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) members who work at Tate Galleries have voted to walk out by a margin of 98% on […]

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This article was first published by Museums Association. The search is on for the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2026.   The national art charity is seeking applications from any UK museum, gallery, historic house, library or archive, whatever their scale, for “outstanding and inspiring projects” between autumn 2024 and winter 2025. The winning museum […]

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This article was first published by Art Newspaper. Visitors can watch a conservator at work on one of the great unfinished paintings of the 20th century, as part of a new exhibition at the Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham, where the artist spent most of his life. Christ Preaching at Cookham Regatta, which occupied Spencer […]

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This article as first published by BBC News. The Museum of Carpet, in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, has operated for 13 years and houses an extensive collection of objects, archives, books and photographs relating to 300 years of carpet history. Geoffrey Gilbert, chair of the Carpet Museum Trust announced the closure on Tuesday and said revenue could […]

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This article was first published by The Guardian. The British Museum has ended a controversial sponsorship deal with a Japanese tobacco firm after reports that the government had raised questions about the deal, which some critics said was “deeply troubling”. The Guardian understands that the museum’s board chose to not renew the 15-year partnership with Japan Tobacco International (JTI), […]

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This article was first published by the Museums Association. The board of the British Library has announced the departure of chief executive Rebecca Lawrence less than a year after she started her tenure. Lawrence joined the institution in January 2025 having previously worked as the chief executive of the Crown Prosecution Service. Her role will […]

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