Mather & Co complete new National Horse Racing Museum at Newmarket
Leading museum design consultancy, Mather & Co has completed one of its most prestigious projects to date with today’s opening of the National Horseracing Museum
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Turner Prize 2016 exhibition opens at Tate Britain with contemporary artworks from four shortlisted artists
Butts and poverty part of the works on show as Tate Britain encourages visitors to the Turner Prize exhibition to take photographs and then share and debate them through social media
The winner will be announced in London on December 5. Turner Prize 2017 will be presented at Ferens Art Gallery in Hull as part of the UK City of Culture celebrations
Brighton Museum announces workforce development conference to help develop a skilled and diverse workforce
The day-long, national conference on workforce development in the cultural sector will be hosted by Royal Pavilion & Museums (RPM) Brighton & Hove in November.
V&A director Martin Roth to leave the museum this autumn following Brexit vote
Martin Roth, Director of the V&A since September 2011, has announced to staff today he will leave his role in the autumn after five years in the post
New exhibition showcasing incredible journey of astronaut Tim Peake to open in his hometown Museum
The Novium Museum in Chichester has announced that it will be showcasing the extraordinary journey of astronaut Tim Peake from growing up in the town to becoming the first British European Space Agency astronaut in a new exhibition
ACE and University of Leicester push diversity in the sector with funding and scholarships
This week the Art’s Council announced it was investing £5.3m in 40 organisations to enhance diversity and the University of Leicester’s School of Museum Studies launched new awards for diversity scholarships to students from underrepresented groups
Norton Priory opens new museum complex following £4.5m Monastery to Museum project
The 18-month HLF-supported Norton Priory project has conserved the architecture of the 900-year-old monastery ruins, conserved artefacts and built an impressive new museum building and experience for visitors
Design Museum launch Adopt an Object fundraising campaign as it moves to new £83m Kensington home
The Design Museum formerly left Shad Thames in London this week and the team have announced the launch of their fundraising campaign, Adopt an Object, to raise £200,000 towards the £1m needed to cover the construction costs of their new premises in Kensington High Street
ACE awards £12.2m to successful applicants in second round of Museum Resilience Fund
A total of 94 museums and organisations will receive a share of £12,271,676 in the second round of the Museum Resilience Fund, which supports museums to become more sustainable and resilient businesses
This is the last round of the Museum Resilience Fund with more details about ACE’s strategic funds from 2018 onwards to be announced in October
Art Fund campaign to save Elizabeth I portrait succeeds through public donations and £7.4m HLF grant
The Elizabeth I portrait was sold by the descendants of Sir Francis Drake and enters public ownership for the first time in its 425 year history
2,000-year-old farmstead built as part of St Fagans National History Museum’s £25.5m redevelopment project
Bryn Eryr is the first building to be completed as part of the of the Making History project at St Fagans, the biggest redevelopment project in the history of the museum
