Next year’s annual ICOM UK Conference is going to be held in Liverpool. After Wales (2022 – ‘Cynefin’), Scotland (2023 – ‘Addressing the legacies of colonialism’) and Northern Ireland (2024 – ‘Common Ground’), our flagship event in 2025 is going to be in England. The theme of this conference is going to be Sustainable Futures. […]
Arts Council has released a joint-statement with nine other institutions in the museum sector which draws on the Museums Association Code of Ethics and reiterates the principles previously made by the signatories in 2015. It gives clear guidance on protecting local and national treasures so they can continue to be enjoyed for years to come. […]
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This article was first published by BBC News. Birmingham City Council owns an artwork collection valued at almost half a billion pounds, a BBC investigation has discovered. But none will be sold off to help tackle the financial challenges at the council which declared it was effectively bankrupt last year. There were no proposals to […]
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This article was first published by the Middle East Eye. Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters have reportedly looted the National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum and smuggled some of its artifacts across the country’s southern border. Backed by the United Arab Emirates, the paramilitary RSF has been at war with Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since April last year. […]
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This article was first published by The History Blog. A rapidly deteriorating 107-year-old ceiling mural on the in the swimming pool grotto of a Gilded Age mansion in Miami will be restored thanks to a $750,000 grant from the National Park Service’s Save America’s Treasures program. The grant is coming in the nick of time, because the […]
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This article was first published by Ecclesiastical. New research has revealed a rise in crime at Britain’s heritage sites: Nine in 10 heritage organisations have suffered a crime in the past year. Anti-social behaviour, physical abuse, theft of metal, damage by vehicles, and theft of oil has increased. Seven in 10 are more concerned about […]
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This article was first published by Museums and Heritage Advisor. A temporary export bar has been placed on Alan Turing’s unpublished Second World War papers, which document the ‘Delilah’ project. The wartime papers document Turing’s development of a portable encryption system for use in military operations. The papers are valued at £397,680 and are at […]
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This article was first published by The Guardian. Rentokil plans to release entosite parasitoid wasps into the nooks and crannies of museums, heritage sites and homes to stop moth infestations. The minuscule wasps measure less than 0.5mm in size, and they stop moths reproducing by parasitising their eggs and laying their own eggs inside the […]
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This article was first published by Remember a Charity. Funded through the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s RAISE programme, the report ‘The Art of Legacies’ takes a look at the impact charitable gifts in Wills are having in the arts, culture and heritage sector, for organisations at different stages of their legacy fundraising journey. The report […]
