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Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence winners announced
The National Museum of Scotland, the Holburne Museum in Bath, Bolton Museum and the designers of a children’s museum in Cairo were among those celebrating at the Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence last night.
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Five battle it out for Clore Award for Museum Learning
The museum learning initiatives shortlisted for the Clore Award for Museum Learning have been announced.
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Museum of the Year shortlist announced
The shortlist for the tenth Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries has been announced and includes one national institution and one local museum, one radical new building and a painstakingly restored one. Can you guess them?
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HLF backs new V&A at Dundee and other major projects with £76m
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced initial support worth £76 million for eight major projects ranging from mills to museums, including ambitious and exciting plans to create a new V&A at Dundee designed by Japanese architect, Kengo Kuma.
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HLF's £5.9m pledge to help keep Manet portrait for the public
The Ashmolean Museum’s campaign to save Edouard Manet’s Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus has received a significant shot in the arm thanks to a £5.9 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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Museum of London appoints new Director
The Museum of London has announced that Sharon Ament will replace Jack Lohman as its new Director in September 2012.
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Islamist attacks Unesco world heritage site
A member of an Islamist group in Mali has attacked and burned the tomb of a revered Muslim at a Unesco World Heritage Site in Timbuktu.
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Museum of Liverpool welcomes millionth visitor
More than one million people have now visited the Museum of Liverpool since it opened in the summer of last year.
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Significant Syrian heritage sites 'under siege'
Some of the world’s most significant heritage sites are being threatened by the violent clashes between rebels and government forces in Syria, experts have warned.
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Virtual John Peel museum helps launch The Space
The Space, a new free digital arts service, has launched today (1 May 2012) with the help of a virtual recreation of DJ John Peel’s home studio and highlights of his record library.















