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The UK's Art Fund has announced the latest winners of its New Collecting Awards, chosen to help rising star curators to build collections for their ... More

The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh has completed the final phase of an £80m (US$103.5m, €91.3m) transformation, leading to what it says is the ... More

Thirty-five museums and galleries in England are to benefit from a funding boost after the award of a total of £4m (US$5.16m, €4.49m) by the ... 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

A £4m (US$5.3m, €4.5m) fund has been launched to improve the quality of displays, enhance exhibition spaces and increase access to museums and galleries in ... More

The UK government has announced plans to distribute £4m (US$4.9m, €4.6m) in funding to galleries and culture centres across Britain. Jointly funded through a partnership ... More

James Corner Field Operations (JCFO) has been picked to design the Miami Underline, a 10-mile corridor running below Miami-Dade’s Metrorail. The Underline will be a ... 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

The much vaunted Stonehenge exhibition and visitor centre opens its doors tomorrow (18th December), transforming the site from a quick stop off and photo opportunity ... More

A £27m (US$41.6m, €31.7m) project, part financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), has started with the closure of the road running alongside Stonehenge. A ... More

South Lakeland Council has awarded Windermere Steamboat Museum a development grant worth £200,000 (US$307,000, €235,000). The funding will be put toward the £13m redevelopment project ... More

Image: The visitor centre will open in autumn 2013 English Heritage has announced that contractor Vinci Construction UK has now moved on site to start ... More

A total of 36 museums and galleries throughout England are to receive a share of £4m from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) ... 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

Crich Tramway Village, home of the National Tramway Museum near Matlock in Derbyshire, has opened a new attraction. Funded by grants of £150,000 from the ... More

John Penrose, Minister for Tourism and Heritage, has attended the unveiling of the restored Chiswick House Gardens in London as his first ministerial visit to ... More

The Yorkshire Museum, one of the world's oldest purpose-built museums, has closed its doors to the public in order to allow a £2m refurbishment to ... More

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has named the 34 museums across England that are set to benefit from a share of £4m ... More

A historic garden at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, which was originally designed by Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, in a bid to impress Queen Elizabeth ... More

The £26m Great North Museum in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK is set to open to the public on 23 May. The museum will bring together the natural ... More