Apply to the Preserving Legacies 2025 Cohort

This article was first published by Preserving Legacies. Each year, Preserving Legacies opens applications to consider new cultural and natural community heritage sites for its cohort. The 2025 application period for the Preserving Legacies Cohort Program is now open! From November 1, 2024 to January 3, 2025, you can nominate custodian individuals or organizations for […]

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Museums + Heritage show- call for speakers and Exhibits

Museums + Heritage are inviting experts and organisations from the sector to submit proposals in preparation for their annual show in 2025. They are looking for speakers and exhibitors to showcase companies and institutions across the sector. More than 3,400 people enjoy the Show’s extensive programme of inspiring talks and its bustling exhibition filled with […]

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2024 Collections Trust Award – applications now open

This article was first published by Collections Trust. The Collections Trust Award highlights the often-unsung achievements of those who manage the collections that lie at the heart of all museums. This year’s theme is putting collections data to work, mirroring the 2024 conference theme. Has your museum undertaken a project that put collections data to […]

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Research ‘hyper-network’ identifies lost British warship sunk in WWI

This article was released by Towards a National Collection. Researchers are confident they have identified the wreck site of HMS Stephen Furness, sunk in 1917 along with over 100 of her crew, after over a century at the bottom of the Irish Sea thanks to the Towards a National Collection project Unpath’d Waters which combines […]

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Australian museum under fire for acquiring object linked to protesters’ attack on well-known painting

Politicians have slammed the museum for ‘glorifying’ the attack on Frederick McCubbin’s ‘Down on his luck’. The WA Museum Boola Bardip has acquired the acrylic shield used in a protest on Frederick McCubbin’s painting Down on his Luck to document social issues impacting society. Despite criticism for allegedly “glorifying” the protest, the museum clarified that […]

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Scottish museums’ finances are ‘more fragile than ever’

This article was first published by the Museums Association. Museums and galleries in Scotland are in a more fragile financial position than ever despite a surge in visitor numbers, new research has revealed. A survey commissioned by Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) has found that around three quarters of the 114 respondents faced a real-terms decrease in […]

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ICOM UK membership applications for 2025 now open

A message from ICOM UK’s Co-Chairs: As we approach the membership renewal period, we are thrilled to announce several exciting new benefits that will enhance your ICOM UK member experience. We want to take a moment to share these updates with you. New Membership Benefits include: The membership portal for renewals is open now! We […]

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Fourteen Bulgarian Museums to Participate in Exhibition at Getty Museum in LA

This article was first published by BTA. Fourteen museums from Bulgaria with a total of over 150 objects will participate in a forthcoming exhibition of Thracian treasures at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, USA. The finds will be on display from November 3 to March 3, 2025, the National Archaeological Institute with […]

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