Historic Royal Palaces news

Some of the UK’s largest arts and heritage organisations have been given a lifeline in the form of £165m worth of emergency loans. The loans ... More

Hundreds of heritage attractions and organisations in England will share a £103m government rescue fund to help them through the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding, announced ... More

The winners of the Museums + Heritage Awards were announced in London last night (15 May), with museums large and small being honoured and Sir ... More

Lady Cobham CBE has called for increased focus on work-based training opportunities, in order to tackle the challenges presented by a rapidly changing business environments. ... More

VisitEngland has named the best Britain's tourism industry has to offer, announcing the winners of its annual Awards for Excellence. The awards, which enter their ... More

Funding charity Spirit of 2012 has appointed Alan Coppin as chair. He replaces Dugald Mackie after a four-and-half year stint. Spirit of 2012 was established ... More

The winners of this year’s Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence have been announced, with shortlisted projects celebrated and recognised across the museums, galleries, heritage ... More

The Tower of London, one of the UK's leading visitor attractions, is the focus for commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the First World War, ... More

Forty museums across England are to receive £4.6m worth of grants following an announcement made by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey. Museums across the country are ... More

Acoustiguide has launched a children’s tour at the Tower of London, UK with the Historic Royal Palaces interpretation, curatorial and education teams. The first family ... More

National Museums Scotland (NMS) and The Holburne Museum in Bath, Somerset, were declared joint winners of the 2012 Museums and Heritage award for Permanent Exhibition. ... More

Image: The strategy aims to help protect UK heritage Arts Council England (ACE) has welcomed the publication of a new strategy that outlines a framework ... More

London's Kensington Palace is to reopen to the public on 26 March following an extensive £12m transformation project undertaken by Historic Royal Palaces (HRP). The ... More

A heritage and arts summit held in Caerphilly Castle saw Welsh heritage minister, Alun Ffred Jones, join key players in the heritage, arts and tourism ... More

A leaked Cabinet Office list has revealed that nearly 180 quangos are facing abolition as part of the coalition government's bid to cut public spending. ... More

Tourism trade body UKinbound has announced the winners of its annual awards scheme. Voted for by UKinbound members, awards were introduced for the first time ... More

The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) has achieved its target of encouraging 3,000 individual museums, libraries and archives to sign the Learning Revolution pledge. ... More

Historic Royal Palaces' (HRP) plans for a major £12m scheme to improve visitor facilities at London's Kensington Palace have received a £1m funding boost from ... More

London mayor Boris Johnson has officially launched a new month-long programme of events to celebrate the capital's past, present and future and encourage more people ... More

Plans for a month-long celebration of London have been unveiled by mayor Boris Johnson, with a number of events designed to document the capital's past, ... More