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Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A) has been appointed to lead the Exhibition Road scheme at London's Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, following an international contest. The ... More

Efforts to transform the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh have been awarded an additional £2m from the Scottish Government. The attraction shut in 2008 ... More

The National Army Museum (NAM) has appointed Event Communications to deliver a master plan for the five-year transformation of the attraction. Event will work with ... More

Emergent, the Los Angeles, US-based architectural practice, has been selected to design the new Civic Sports Centre and 2013 National Games Arena in Shenyang, China. ... More

At the UK's leading industry event, The Museums & Heritage Show combines the latest products and services available with the industry's most extensive programme of ... More

A funding package worth nearly £450,000 is to be shared by 12 attractions after Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) announced the latest awards for Recognised Collections. ... More

TITANICa: The Exhibition is to launch at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, County Down, at the end of May to commemorate the 100th anniversary ... More

The first products in the new Round Series, a bathroom waste bin and paper tissue dispenser, are designed for the bathrooms of prestigious houses and ... More

A special St David's Day event has been held today (1 March) to mark the completion of a new museum due to open in Cardiff ... More

More than 3.5 million people visited exhibitions and events at Ireland's cultural attractions in 2010 - an increase of 7 per cent in the previous ... More

A new US$5m (£3.1m) wing has been unveiled at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida, US. The attraction - ... More

Plans for the multi-million pound extension of the Whitworth Art Gallery at the University of Manchester have been awarded £8m by the Heritage Lottery Fund ... More

Aberdeen City Council (ACC) has announced that Maersk Oil North Sea UK has provided £90,000 towards the renovation of the Education Suite at Aberdeen Maritime ... More

The government has made more than £8m of funding available for museums and galleries to bid for, as part of its new strategy to match ... More

Swansea Council has announced plans for a £6m redevelopment of the city's Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, which is expected to take two years to complete. ... More

National Museums of Scotland (NMS) has revealed that the new-look National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, is to open its doors on 29 July. Nearly 8,000 ... More

Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), a new 9,500sq m (102,257sq ft) attraction designed by Fender Katsalidis Architects, has opened in Tasmania, Australia. Located ... More