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  • New trustees for National Museums Liverpool

    Three appointed to only the DCMS national museum based entirely outside London.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Record numbers visiting cultural attractions

    Latest Taking Part survey shows increase in visits to the arts, heritage sites, museums and galleries

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Unique shaft reopens at mining museum

    Refurbishment carried out with funding from Government and Heritage Lottery Fund.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £56m endowment grants awarded to arts and heritage organisations

    Thirty four organisations across England set to get a £162 million funding boost.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Turner masterpiece under threat of permanent export

    Ed Vaizey places a temporary export bar on Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Culture Minister defers export of Jan de Bray painting

    Temporary export bar on David and the Return of the Ark of the Covenant

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jeremy Hunt launches Plus Tate

    Tate’s new collaborative initiative for the visual arts.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Armouries Chair appointment

    Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, has appointed Wesley Irwin Paul as Chair of the Royal Armouries.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Art of Harmony

    Ed Vaizey opens combined V&A and Horniman Museum music collection.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Museums given last chance to purchase portrait said to be by Rubens

    Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on Portrait of a Young Woman

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Export bar on 18th century silver cistern

    Last chance to keep British Ambassador’s wine cistern in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Turner Prize 2010

    Exhibition opens to the public today at Tate Britain.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jeremy Hunt welcomes J.P. Morgan’s £600k commitment to the arts

    Firm announces new philanthropic partnership with three leading UK institutions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Could you help save Manet masterpiece for public display?

    £1m needed to keep Manet’s Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rare survivors from Britain’s First World War Aviation Heritage are ‘Listed’ by John Penrose

    Britain’s first line of defence against German Zeppelins and bombers, and base for protection of London against first-ever air raids will now be protected for future generations

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cutty Sark reopens

    Conservation of nineteenth-century tea clipper completed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Culture Minister defers export of rediscovered Britten manuscript

    Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on Britten’s complete draft score of The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Number 10 staff curate new art exhibition

    Get a glimpse behind the scenes of 10 Downing Street.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Italian masterpiece acquired for the nation

    Painting to go on display thanks to tax scheme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New addition to unique Harley-Davidson exhibition

    Award-winning bike goes on display at Manchester show celebrating the iconic brand.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government