02 Sep 2010
Burgh Halls redevelopment scheme back on track
Work has re-started on the historic Burgh Halls in Linlithgow, West Lothian, which is undergoing a £5.2m redevelopment. more

02 Sep 2010
Wandsworth Museum to reopen
Wandsworth Museum is to reopen tomorrow (3 September) after being closed for three years. more

01 Sep 2010
Punch and Judy archive acquired by Victoria and Albert Museum
Punch and Judy archive acquired by Victoria and Albert Museum more

01 Sep 2010
MA says Renaissance cuts will 'banish collections to the basement'
The Museums Association (MA) has said that government cuts to the Renaissance programme will "banish regional museum collections back to the basement". more

01 Sep 2010
British Museum evacuated at weekend
Around 8,000 people were evacuated from the British Museum on Saturday after visitors and staff experienced itchy throats and stinging eyes. more

01 Sep 2010
King's Lynn Town House Museum to shut
The Town House Museum in King's Lynn, Norfolk, is to close, and a new gallery established in the Town Hall. more

01 Sep 2010
£26.5m Bristol M Shed completed
Construction of the £26.5m M Shed museum in Bristol has been completed. more

31 Aug 2010
Whitby pier set for repair
A £1.8m project to repair Whitby's East Pier Extension will begin shortly, Scarborough Borough Council has said. more

31 Aug 2010
Windsor's new museum gets under way
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead's (RBWM) plans to give Windsor its own museum have taken a step forward with the appointment of contractors to carry out the work. more

31 Aug 2010
GBC to consider Heritage Quarter plans
Gravesham Borough Council (GBC) has announced that plans for the creation of a new £120m Heritage Quarter in Gravesend, Kent, will be considered by its regulatory board on 20 September. more

31 Aug 2010
£10m restoration for Althorp
Althorp House in Northamptonshire, ancestral home of the Spencer family since the early 16th century, is undergoing a £10m facelift. more

31 Aug 2010
New gallery for London's war museum
The Imperial War Museum London will be opening its first major permanent gallery for ten years when the Lord Ashcroft Gallery opens in November. more

31 Aug 2010
Kendal Museum to seek £1m HLF support
South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) has confirmed that it plans to submit a bid for Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) support worth £1m towards an upgrade of Kendal Museum, Cumbria. more

27 Aug 2010
New director for Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, US, has named David Franklin - an internationally respected scholar of Italian Renaissance and baroque art - as the eighth director of the museum. more

27 Aug 2010
EU funding for Bridgend regeneration plans
Plans for a multi-million pound regeneration of Bridgend town centre have been given a boost after the Welsh Assembly Government confirmed more than £7.7m to help fund the scheme. more

27 Aug 2010
£1m funding boost for St. Fagans
The Welsh minister for heritage, Alun Ffred Jones, has announced £1m of new funding for the St Fagans: National History Museum in Cardiff. more

27 Aug 2010
AUS$7m gift for National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra, ACT, has been gifted AUS$7m (£4m) by Melbourne-based philanthropists Pauline and John Gandel. more

26 Aug 2010
US$9m revamp for CMVA
The Children's Museum of Virginia (CMVA) in Portsmouth, US, is undergoing a US$9m (£5.7m) expansion project. more

26 Aug 2010
Museum of Somerset contractor appointed
Birmingham-based attraction fit-out specialists, The Hub, has been chosen as main contractor for a £7m redevelopment of the Museum of Somerset at Taunton Castle. more

25 Aug 2010
New heritage trail opens at Kenley Common
A new heritage trail, which has been designed to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, has been opened at Kenley Common near Whyteleafe, Surrey. more

25 Aug 2010
£1.2m Ulverston monument revamp complete
A special event has been held to mark the official relaunch of the Sir John Barrow Monument in Ulverston, Cumbria, which follows the completion of a £1.12m renovation. more

25 Aug 2010
Da Vinci exhibit for SCI
The Science Centre of Iowa (SCI) in Des Moines, Iowa, US, is to host a new Da Vinci exhibition. more

25 Aug 2010
Designs unveiled for new Aspen Art Museum
Designs for a new Aspen Art Museum in Colorado have been unveiled. more

24 Aug 2010
US$36m Dali Museum nearing completion
The new US$36m Dali Museum being built in St Petersburg, Florida, US, is nearing completion; however, developers have run into a US$5m funding shortfall. more

24 Aug 2010
KSU gets funding for art museum
Kennesaw State University near Atlanta, US, has been given a US$2m (£1.3m) pledge towards an art museum that would house its permanent collection of nearly 1,000 pieces. more

24 Aug 2010
Broad confirms LA museum location
Real estate tycoon turned philanthropist, Eli Broad, has confirmed a downtown Los Angeles site as the future home for a new contemporary art museum. more

24 Aug 2010
Funding boost for new Robert Burns museum
A public fundraising initiative has raised £90,000 for The National Trust for Scotland's (NTS) new Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, due to open to the public in November. more

24 Aug 2010
Heritage partnership for North East
English Heritage, Northumberland National Park Authority, Natural England and a local tenant farmer are to carry out a pilot Heritage Partnership Agreement (HAP). more

24 Aug 2010
Heritage tourism plans for Rothesay
Historic Scotland and Argyll and Bute Council are to form a partnership in order to look at new ways to capitalise on the island's heritage and to attract more tourists to the area. more

23 Aug 2010
Irish cultural sites welcome more visitors
The number of visits to museums, galleries and libraries across Ireland has increased by an average of 9 per cent for the first half of 2010, according to new figures. more

23 Aug 2010
£200,000 boost for Scottish museums
The Scottish Government has announced that seven museums across the country, which have collections of national significance, are to share more than £200,000. more

20 Aug 2010
UK's museums generate £1bn a year
Britain's museums and galleries generated £1bn in revenue from overseas tourists during 2009, according to VisitBritain estimates. more

19 Aug 2010
Dorset mining museum receives funding
A £100,000 grant from the Dorset-based Chalk & Cheese rural re-generation fund to the Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum Group (PMMMG) means the first phase of its planned ball clay mining museum is on target to open to the public during the summer of 2011. more

19 Aug 2010
Tretower Court reopens
Welsh heritage minister Alun Ffred Jones has formally reopened Tretower Court near Crickhowell in the Brecon Beacons. more

19 Aug 2010
Continuum extends lease on Edinburgh attraction
The Continuum Group has won an extension to its lease on the The Real Mary King's Close visitor attraction in Edinburgh, which will see the company operating it until at least 2028. more

18 Aug 2010
Architect chosen for postal museum project
The British Postal Museum and Archives (BPMA) has appointed Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS) to lead the development of its new £19m home in Swindon. more

18 Aug 2010
New visitor attraction for Louisiana State Capitol
A new visitor attraction has opened to the public at the historic Louisiana State Capitol in the US. more

17 Aug 2010
Cash boost for rock and roll museum
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation is to create a US$5m (£3.2m, €3.9m) endowment fund for the Rock and Roll hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Missouri, US. more

17 Aug 2010
Winner of Historic Houses award announced
Wilton House near Salisbury in Wiltshire has won the Historic Houses Association's (HHA) Restoration Award for 2010. more

16 Aug 2010
Museum of Islamic Art reopens in Cairo
The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo, Egypt, has been officially reopened following an eight-year, US$10m (£6.3m, 7.7m euro) restoration project. more