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A free planning toolkit to help museums develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects has been launched by The Museums + AI Network – a group of ... More

James Mollison, the founding director of The National Gallery of Australia, has died aged 88. Mollison, who served as director of The NGA from 1977 ... More

Visitor numbers to UK attractions grew by 8.7 per cent in 2018, according to the latest figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA). ... More

London's National Gallery is attempting to crack the US market, appointing a licensing agency to develop a multi-tiered retail strategy for the institution. The museum ... More

The National Gallery of Canada has appointed Art Gallery of Ontario European art curator Alexandra Suda as its new director. Coming in as the successor ... More

Marc Mayer is stepping down as director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada today to pursue new challenges, following a 10-year stint in ... More

The complete works of 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer – a collection of 36 paintings spread throughout 18 collections in Europe and the US – ... More

London’s National Gallery has revealed plans to open a series of pop-up "gallery cafés" across Asia, mixing famous pieces of art with a food and ... More

The National Gallery in London’s Room 32, its largest room, has closed for renovation work for more than a year following a £4m (US$5.2m, €4.5m) ... More

The city of Melbourne is aiming to secure itself as Australia's culture capital, with the development of the country's largest contemporary art gallery and its ... More

France's museums have shown significant recovery following a tumultuous 2016, with the Louvre reclaiming top spot as the world's most visited museum in the latest ... More

Despite a decline in visitor numbers, London’s British Museum is still the UK’s most visited attraction, but Scotland reigns supreme, with the country outperforming the ... More

A selection of nominees are in contention for the European Museum of the Year Award 2018, with the judging panel revealing its shortlist of 40 ... More

One of London’s most famous monuments, the Admiralty Arch, is to be converted into a Waldorf Astoria hotel. The iconic building was commissioned by King ... More

Asia’s culture sector has experienced rapid growth in recent years, something exemplified by Beijing’s National Museum of China, which in 2016 was the world’s most ... More

A historic shakeup of Italy’s museum directors has been thrown into disarray, after the courts overruled a decision by the country’s Culture Ministry on the ... More

The popularity of attractions across the UK continues to rise, according to the annual report from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), with 130m ... More

MuseumNext is heading down under as the global conference series on the future of museums gears up for its debut in Melbourne, Australia. Produced in ... More

Swiss studios Herzog & de Meuron and Vogt Landscape Architects have won the keenly-contested design competition for the Museum of the 20th Century in Berlin. ... More

London continued to dominate the landscape as the UK's leading tourist destination, while an increase in domestic tourism resulted in growth for all regions outside ... More

The international architecture competition to design a Museum of 20th Century Art in Berlin is entering its final stages, with 42 firms asked to submit ... More

The world’s top theme parks recorded tremendous growth in 2015, while visitor numbers to museums entered overall decline, according to the 2016 edition of the ... More

The top 10 most-visited attractions in the UK are all based in London, according to new figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), ... More

MuseumNext has unveiled its lineup of speakers and events for its annual European conference, this year taking place across Dublin, Ireland. Starting on Monday 18 ... More

After announcing plans in January for a historic shakeup of its museum sector, Italy’s Culture Ministry has appointed a number of foreign museum directors to ... More