Touring Exhibitions Group: Artistic Commissioning Training

This article was first published by Touring Exhibitions Group. This virtual, interactive training takes place over 2 x online sessions: Thursday 8 May + Thursday 15 May 2025, 09:30 – 12:30 each day. This TEG training has been developed in response to sector needs for guidance on commissioning and delivering projects and installations in collaboration […]

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Water leaks into the Louvre’s Cimabue exhibition, landing close to the master’s greatest early painting

This article was first published by the Art Newspaper. Water from a hailstorm leaked into the Musée du Louvre on Saturday (3 May), almost dripping on Cimabue’s Maestà, arguably the greatest early Western European painting. Dating from 1280-85, it is the centrepiece of the exhibition A New Look at Cimabue: At the Origins of Italian Painting (22 January-12 May). […]

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A Vision for the Future – ICOM UK’s Strategic Plan 2025-30

As the new Strategic Director of the UK national branch of the International Council of Museums (ICOM UK), it is my honour and privilege to share our new Strategic Plan for 2025-30. This is an important moment for ICOM UK—as we look to set our ambitions for the future as the only museum sector membership […]

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European Cloud for Heritage Open Science – ECHOES

ECHOES’ mission is to set up the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH), a shared platform designed to facilitate collaboration among heritage professionals and researchers. This platform will offer access to data, cutting-edge scientific and training resources, and advanced digital tools, all developed collaboratively by the heritage community to meet their needs. You can […]

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5 strategies to take-away from the Museums + Heritage Show 2025

This article was first published by Museum + Heritage Advisor. The Museums + Heritage Show returns next month, and with it a chance to develop new strategies to take back to your organisation. Scheduled at London’s Olympia from May 14-15, 2025, the Museums + Heritage Show will include more than 60 sessions from industry experts, […]

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Natural History Museum returns Indigenous ancestors to Australia

This article was first published by the Museums Association. London’s Natural History Museum (NHM) held a ceremony on 10 April to mark the return of ancestors to communities in Queensland, Australia. The ceremony, hosted with Australia’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Queensland Museum and Traditional Custodians from Queensland communities, involved […]

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Free Lunchtime Webinars from Blue Shield UK

Our friends at the Blue Shield UK Conflict & Military Activity Working Group are hosting a series of free lunchtime webinars about conflict and the risks to UK heritage. ICOM UK members and all heritage professionals are welcome to join. The webinars will focus on different aspects of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural […]

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Sudan: How war ravaged museums and priceless artefacts

This article was first published by BBC News. Imposing statues of rams and lions used to stand in the grounds of Sudan’s National Museum – priceless artefacts from the time when Nubian rulers conquered what is now Egypt to the north, along with exquisite Christian wall paintings dating from many centuries ago. On a typical […]

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