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The UK has around 2,500 museums, galleries and heritage sites housing anything from priceless paintings and artefacts to manuscripts, motors, mummies and much more. Unfortunately the UK has one of the wettest climates in the northern hemisphere which means these valued assets are under real threat of moisture-related damage. Without protection and control of Relative Humidity (RH) levels, mould, bacterial growth and corrosion can occur causing significant and costly damage. Once moisture damage has occurred

Explore York Libraries and Archives Explore York Libraries and Archives opens after seven months’ development work as part of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) funded York: Gateway to History project

Christmas throughout the ages will be celebrated at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum

This spring the V&A will present a display of over 50 recently acquired photographs that explore the experiences of black people in Britain in the latter half of the 20th century

Late Roman hacksilver thought to be the most northerly found in Europe to go on display in January

The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement has included announcements of funding for various culture and heritage projects, including £1m for a Great Exhibition in the north

Internationally important antiquity discovered in Norfolk in the 1980s saved for the nation with heritage grant

As Armistice Day is marked 96 years after the end of the First World War Advisor talks to PLB Projects Ltd which has recently worked on two Great War exhibitions

Largest discovery of Anglo-Saxon treasure goes on permanent display in Birmingham

Following 105 years of fitting coffins for the general public, as well as the great and the good, Newman Brothers Coffin Works in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter closed shop in 1999 leaving thousands of artefacts in situ including machinery, brass handles, shrouds and typewriters. Now, 15 years later, the Birmingham Conservation Trust (BCT) has overseen its restoration and created a sustainable business model around the heritage attraction, rentable business space and venue for hire