This article was first published by the Museums Association. The Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund is now open for applications. It is the evolution of the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, with a new name that better represents our dual focus on collections and inclusion. We award the fund on behalf of the Esmée Fairbairn […]
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This article was first published by Museums + Heritage. An exhibition celebrating the history of Hip Hop and its connections to Leeds was among the winners at the Museums + Heritage Awards 2024 earlier this year. Esther Amis-Hughes, Community Engagement Manager at Leeds Museums and Galleries, spoke to Advisor six months on from winning, with […]
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This article was first published by BBC News. An exhibition celebrating the 200th birthday of a “visionary” woman will open at a County Durham Museum. Josephine Bowes, daughter of a humble clockmaker, defied social norms to become a pioneering artist, collector and patron of the arts. Along with her husband she set up the Bowes […]
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This article was first published by the Art Newspaper. The first private museum of modern and contemporary art in Central Asia is to open next year in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty. More than 700 artworks by Kazakh and Central Asian artists will be housed in a new 9,400 sq m building designed by British architects […]
This article was first published by the Museums Association. The Science Museum says it is “monitoring developments” in a US bribery case against Adani Green Energy, the sponsor of the museum’s recently opened green energy gallery. Last week, a New York federal court issued an arrest warrant for chairman Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani, […]
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This article was first published by the Guardian. Benin City in modern-day Nigeria was once the capital of a bustling kingdom which left a magnificent artistic legacy of plaques and sculpture in cast bronze which were looted by British colonial forces in 1897. Now, as an increasing number of western museums are returning artefacts, or pledging to repatriate them, […]
This article was first published by Museums + Heritage. Historic England has announced funding for 21 youth-led heritage projects across England, as it aims to engage young people with local cultural history. The projects, funded through the ‘History in the Making’ programme, will run for 18 months starting January 2025. The initiative, which attracted nearly […]
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This article was first published by BBC News. An exhibition focusing on the folklore, art and customs of the Wessex area is putting objects from several museums and private collections on show. Called Un/common People, it has opened in Swindon before going to the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, Poole Museum and then finishing in Salisbury […]
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This article was first published by Museums Association. Five “national treasures” collectively worth £8m were purchased by UK museums in the last financial year after being denied export licences by the UK Government. Arts Council England’s (ACE) annual report of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural […]
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