The Latest Breaking News from Museum

Fresh funding to kickstart £30m Black Country Living Museum project

New capital will enable the clean up of industrial land and allow building work to commence on scheme showcasing the area's history in the mid-1900s

Birmingham Post · Mar 24, 2022

Five former PMs announced as democracy museum patrons, as Old Parliament House reopens

The museum will reopen in April, four months after the entrance doors were set alight during a protest.

The Canberra Times · Mar 16, 2022

Met announces Mexican as 1st female architect for wing

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that a Mexican architect has been chosen as the first woman to design a wing at The Met, as the museum is known

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2022

Dippy the Dinosaur returns to Natural History Museum

It has survived the Blitz and the attentions of millions of tourists and now Dippy the Dinosaur is coming home.

Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2022

National Museum of Australia acquires $1.2 million Rover Thomas work

The painting will 'entrance' NMA visitors, the council chair said.

The Canberra Times · Feb 23, 2022

Military Museum set to celebrate anniversary

To mark the occasion, the museum will return to normal opening hours

Daily Record · Feb 17, 2022

Wheels Through Time Museum Raffles Off Rare 1937 Harley Knucklehead

Dale's Wheels Through Time Museum is raffling off an ultra-rare 1937 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead in 2022, and also giving away a free trip to go visit!

RideApart · Feb 15, 2022

The advantages of museum philanthropy that builds staff diversity rather than new wings and galleries

Retired financier Oscar Tang, along with his wife, Agnes Hsu-Tang, are giving the Metropolitan Museum of Art US$125 million. Their gift, announced in November 2021, will help pay for a long-planned renovation of the New York City museum’s Modern and Contemporary Art wing.

The Conversation · Feb 11, 2022

Dunelm teams up with the Natural History Museum for huge homeware range

The Natural History Museum x Dunelm range includes curtains, wallpaper, bedding, cushions, upholstered furniture, home accessories and more

Wales Online · Feb 11, 2022

Inside Bristol's Palestine Museum - where closing would actually be a good thing

'Our real aim is to close the museum as soon as possible when we no longer need to educate people about Palestine and the occupation has ended'

Bristol Post · Feb 8, 2022