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Joint project with the BBC clinches title of Museum of the Year.
Art Fund Prize 2012 longlist announced.
Major exhibition opens at the British Museum
16 museums from Beamish to Bristol to share three-year funding package, in ‘a good week for museums’.
Ed Vaizey announces funding to help improve 36 museums and galleries through the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund.
Grants totalling £4 million to help improve 36 museums and galleries across the country were announced today by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey.
Findings of annual DCMS survey of engagement with leisure, culture and sport published today.
Next stage of exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery opens.
National treasures worth over £3.7 million were saved from export in the last year and purchased for public collections across the UK
Outstanding treasures saved from export for the public to enjoy.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by Edouard Manet, Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus.
Culture Minister defers export of stunning impressionist painting.
DCMS-sponsored institutions mark 10 years since introduction of universal free access.
Landmark policy of providing free access to National Museums reaches 10 year milestone on Thursday 1 December 2011.
Bank supports museum’s learning programme.
Beckford Tower Trust successfully secures rare piece
Culture Minister places temporary export bar on significant and rare items.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a North Italian Empire Athenienne.
Art Fund Prize 2012 opens for entries.
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