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Holburne Museum, Bath @holburnemuseumbath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

✨A wonderful evening celebrating Ancient Landscapes, Modern Times and Richard Slee: Sunlit Uplands and Withdrawing Rooms ✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the evening so special. We can’t wait to welcome you! Swipe for a glimpse of last night’s celebrations →

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

National Heat Risk Commission call for evidence. How has extreme heat affected you or your organisation? What have you tried? What is getting in the way? What would help? Evidence can be submitted to the Commission by 30 October 2026 www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...

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National Heat Risk Commission - call for evidence - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

This Call for Evidence, published alongside the National Heat Risk Commission’s framing report, A Heat Circuit Breaker for the UK, marks the...

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Museums Galleries Scotland @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk · 28/09/2026

🏛️ Tomorrow our CEO Lucy Casot will be making the case for museums to the Scottish Parliament's culture committee: she'll be calling for increased, multi-year investment to ensure Scotland's museums remain open, resilient, and responsive.

Text reading: "Scotland’s museums are essential civic infrastructure.
They deliver on: Education, Wellbeing, Tourism, Community, Local economies.
We know this. And we’re making sure that MSPs know this, too. "

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Call for Proposals now open: ICOM UK 2027 Annual Conference. Gwydnwch/Resilience: Museums Adapting to Change in a Complex World. The deadline is 9am BST on Monday 2 November. 29-30 April 2027, National Museum Cardiff uk.icom.museum/call-for-pro...

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Call for Proposals now open: ICOM UK 2027 Annual Conference - ICOM UK

Submit your proposal for the ICOM UK Annual Conference 2027, at National Museum Cardiff, 29-30 April. Deadline 9am BST, 2 November.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 18/09/2026

News | New funding to help museums explore health and the planetary emergency Natural History Museum, London and Tate launch programmes as Julie's Bicycle founder steps down - our round-up of the latest climate action news

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New funding to help museums explore health and the planetary emergency - Museums Association

NHM and Tate launch programmes as Julie's Bicycle founder steps down - our round-up of the latest climate action news

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Imperial War Museum rebranding because younger people can’t relate to world wars via @telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...

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National Heritage Science Forum @nhsf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📢 Last chance to apply! Round 2 of the HSDS Small Grants Programme closes 30 September 2026 The scheme funds innovative heritage science research projects across two strands. Interested? Learn more and watch the applicant info webinar: buff.ly/vOV555X @hsds-update.bsky.social

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Grants Programme

The HSDS Small Grants Programme provides funding to unlock potential for innovation in heritage science and conservation research. With funding made generously available from UKRI through AHRC's…

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Museums Galleries Scotland @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk · 28/09/2026

🪴Today marks the start of #ScotClimateWeek! 2025-26 has been a busy year for climate work at MGS. Growing The Scottish Museums Climate Network, providing carbon literacy training to museums across the country + funding climate action projects. 🔗Find out more in our Climate Report: buff.ly/fFloyKx

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 24/09/2026

News | Museum leaders call for ‘transformation, not incremental change’ Arts Council England report warns sector is under severe financial pressure and faces ‘critical’ workforce challenges

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Museum leaders call for 'transformation, not incremental change' - Museums Association

Arts council report warns sector is under severe financial pressure and faces 'critical' workforce challenges

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

25 years of free museums & galleries - Survey from Campaign for the Arts - With discussions underway about the future of this policy, please share what 25 years of universal free admission has meant to you. www.campaignforthearts.org/news/25-year...

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25 years of free museums & galleries | Campaign for the Arts

1 December 2026 marks a quarter of a century since free admission was introduced at national museums and galleries across the UK. Here's how the policy works, what it's achieved, and what could change...

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Roger Tomlinson @brandinyourhand.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Devastating news: The Audience Agency to enter voluntary liquidation following ‘sustained financial pressures’. They say it is after 14 years but in fact the legacy reflects over 30 years of public investment in audience development. This can’t be lost: www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/the-aud...

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The Audience Agency to enter voluntary liquidation following 'sustained financial pressures' - Arts Professional

The Audience Agency (TAA) has announced today (11 September) that after 14 years leading audience research, development and cultural policy, it will enter a

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The NMDC September Newsletter is out now, catch up with the latest sector news, government policy and member updates. This month images come from @rafmuseum.bsky.social Midlands Displaced Display exploring how war and conflict affects different generations. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet...

Photograph of an exhibition, there is a glass topped display table with objects in the foreground and blue walls feature text and photographs

Photograph of two young women standing in front of a display. The woman on the left has dark hard and a black and white spotted top. The woman on the right has a black shirt and red beaded necklace.

Photograph of the back of two women as they read wall text and look at photographs in an exhibitions.

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maxwell museums @maxwellmuseums.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🟦 NEWS 🚨 | Lonnie G. Bunch III resigns as head of the Smithsonian In the face of White House attacks, he says he will depart at the end of the year

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Smithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution

In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 08/09/2026

News | Scottish Government backs restoration of People’s Palace and The Glasgow School of Art Cautious welcome for cultural commitments in Holyrood’s new programme for government

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Scottish Government backs restoration of People’s Palace and Glasgow School of Art - Museums Association

Cautious welcome for cultural commitments in Holyrood’s new programme for government

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

From tapestry to taproom: British Museum commissions its own mead via @telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Return of Naga Ancestral Remains from the Pitt Rivers Museum to the Naga Homeland via @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social www.prm.ox.ac.uk/a-path-home

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A Path Home

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

National honour for our Oriental Museum’s globally significant Japanese collections  - www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

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National honour for our Oriental Museum’s globally significant Japanese collections  - Durham University

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Roundabout Dramatherapy @roundaboutdrama.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Family Arts Leadership Symposium: Resilient Futures brings together emerging and established leaders from across the UK for a day of practical learning, shared thinking and honest conversations around the challenges facing family arts today. www.familyarts.co.uk/family-arts-...

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Programme Announcements: Family Arts Leadership Symposium 2026 - Family Arts

Discover the speakers at the 2026 Family Arts Leadership Symposium as they are announced.

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hedley Swain to step down as CEO of Brighton & Hove Museums via Brighton & Hove Museums brightonmuseums.org.uk/hedley-swain...

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Hedley Swain to step down as CEO of Brighton & Hove Museums

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The NMDC August Newsletter is out now, catch up with the latest sector news, government policy and member updates. This month images come from Hull Maritime Museum which opens after refurbishment on Sat 8 Aug. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet...

Photograph of a large Victorian Building with two small dome towers on the left and a right and a third dome is visible at the back. The building is very ornate and has lots of windows.

Photograph of an architect’s rendering of the inside of a building it has a light atrium with triangular roof.

Photograph of a pair of old leather boots which are tightened with straps. They belonged to John Vincent who went on Shackleton’s Endurance exhibition to the Antarctic in 1914-16.

A ivory plaque showing a nautical scene with a ship and a whale. It has a decorated border and a small strap for hanging up.

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Hastings Contemporary are seeking new trustees - deadline for applying 28 September 2026. www.hastingscontemporary.org/join-our-boa...

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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

And as the heatwave continues across parts of the UK and Europe, BBC Front Row asks how cultural institutions are responding. Is the closure of galleries due to uncomfortable temperatures going to become the norm? from 13.30 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, How the opiod crisis inspired an opera

Composer Missy Mazzoli on her opera The Galloping Cure.

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