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The National Museum Directors' Council represents the leaders of the UK's national collections and major regional museums.

Our Newsletter updates you on what's happening in museums and cultural policy in the UK.

https://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/

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The NMDC November Newsletter is out now, catch up on member news, the Government's Curriculum Review and sector news. Images this month are from Manchester Museum's new 'Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeat' family friendly exhibition. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet... #UKMuseums
Photograph of a Triceratops dinosaur model. Photograph of two young boys sitting in front of a large Triceratops skull, they are both looking at the camera and smiling. Photograph of families playing in a giant sand pit in an exhibition. Photograph of a young girl in a dinosaur exhibition. She is looking up at a dinosaur skeleton and smiling.
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The investment period for our Arts & Culture Impact Fund (ACIF) has been extended until 2027!

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Major impact investment fund for cultural and creative sector is extended for two years - Figurative
Figurative has announced that the investment period for its Arts & Culture Impact Fund (ACIF) has been extended until August 2027.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Accessible by Design: Building Inclusive Immersive Experiences / Friday, 21 November 2025 / 18.30 – 19.45 GMT / Online, Free ( via @ndkane.bsky.social) www.vam.ac.uk/event/gWMPBR...
Online talk - Accessible by Design: Building Inclusive Immersive Experiences - Talk at Online · V&A
Hear from artists and producers who embed accessibility in immersive design, revealing how equity drives creativity, expression, and deeper audience connection
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November 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?

Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%

Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44

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November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Open from today 'Wright of Derby: From the Shadows' at the National Gallery is a collaboration with Derby Museums showing over 20 works that focus on Joseph Wright's candlelight series. On till 10 May 2026. www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/...
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The NMDC November Newsletter is out now, catch up on member news, the Government's Curriculum Review and sector news. Images this month are from Manchester Museum's new 'Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeat' family friendly exhibition. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/news/newslet... #UKMuseums
Photograph of a Triceratops dinosaur model. Photograph of two young boys sitting in front of a large Triceratops skull, they are both looking at the camera and smiling. Photograph of families playing in a giant sand pit in an exhibition. Photograph of a young girl in a dinosaur exhibition. She is looking up at a dinosaur skeleton and smiling.
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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News | Tributes paid following death of Scotland’s ‘powerhouse’ curator Elspeth King – social historian remembered for her work to expand working-class collections at People’s Palace in Glasgow
Tributes paid following death of Scotland's ‘powerhouse’ curator Elspeth King - Museums Association
Social historian remembered for her work to expand working-class collections at People’s Palace in Glasgow
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November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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News | Funding gives museum leaders in Scotland more time for future planning – Museums Galleries Scotland awards £600,000 via new Leadership Capacity Fund
Funding gives museum leaders in Scotland more time for future planning - Museums Association
Museums Galleries Scotland awards £600,000 via new Leadership Capacity Fund
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November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Currently working with the #SouthYorkshireTransportMuseum in #Rotherham as their museum mentor supporting them on their accreditation application. Every time I visit, I am so inspired by their work, the objects, and the dedication of their #volunteers, who today ranged from 13-80 years in age 🙂
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February 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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DCMS is looking for people to join the UK City of Culture 2029 Expert Advisory Panel (unpaid; up to around 20 days through 2026)
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UK City of Culture 2029 Expert Advisory Panel: Recruitment Advert
This recruitment advert has been produced by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to support people who wish to apply to join the UK City of Culture 2029 Expert Advisory Panel.
www.gov.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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British Library chief executive quits amid strike action over pay via @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/british...
British Library chief executive quits amid strike action over pay
National library chief Rebecca Lawrence will be replaced by interim head Jeremy Silver with immediate effect
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November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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A force of nature: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Museum curator behind Connolly's Banana Boots dies
Dr Elspeth King was best known for her 16 years at the People's Palace and for leading the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Tributes paid as former Glasgow People's Palace curator Elspeth King dies
Elspeth King, the former curator of Glasgow's People's Palace, is understood to have died
www.thenational.scot
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Quentin Blake illustration centre plans opening via BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...
Quentin Blake illustration centre to open in spring
An 18th Century Clerkenwell waterworks is being transformed into the illustration centre.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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City centre museum gets new flood barriers via BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Derby's Museum of Making gets new flood barriers
It comes after the venue experienced serious flooding during Storm Babet in 2023.
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November 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Art reduces stress? Not at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam via @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Art reduces stress? Not at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam
Paintings had two to three layers of people in front of them and at least one was always getting up close and personal: why?
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November 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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We're taking part in #Museum30 this year and today's prompt is 'introduction' 👋

Hello, we're Art UK – the online home for UK art (check us out at https://artuk.org)

'The Introduction' by Frederick Walker (1840–1875) 📷 The Fitzwilliam Museum
A woman in a white dress and black shawl sits on a fallen tree trunk in a lush green meadow, holding a book and gesturing with her hand.
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Integrating museum records with contemporary citizen science data to uncover 166 years of tropical butterfly history via University of York www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Integrating museum records with contemporary citizen science data to uncover 166 years of tropical butterfly history
A former PhD student at the University of York has used records from museum collections and citizen science projects to show long-term patterns in the species richness of tropical butterflies.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Beamish Museum crowned best UK attraction by Which? via Northern Echo @beamishmuseum.bsky.social www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2558382...
County Durham museum crowned best attraction in the UK by Which?
County Durham’s Beamish Museum has been named the best museum and gallery in the UK, topping a new Which? survey.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Locals react to takeover of Ironbridge museums via BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Locals react to National Trust's takeover of Ironbridge museums
The takeover includes 10 museums and 35 listed buildings and scheduled monuments.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Met museum sued by family over allegedly Nazi-looted Van Gogh painting via @guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Met museum sued by family over allegedly Nazi-looted Van Gogh painting
New York museum under fire from heirs of Jewish couple allegedly forced to surrender artwork upon fleeing to US
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October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Viking silver treasures from the Burray Hoard go on display at Orkney Museum via @archaeologynews.bsky.social archaeologymag.com/2025/10/arti...
Viking silver treasures from the Burray Hoard go on display at Orkney Museum
Over 70 Viking artifacts from the Burray Hoard go on display at Orkney Museum, highlighting Orkney’s rich Norse heritage.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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'Museums are not strongholds nor vaults': Directors of the world's leading institutions voice support for Louvre museum director via @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
'Museums are not strongholds nor vaults': Directors of the world's leading institutions voice support for Louvre museum director
OP-ED. In an open letter, 57 curators and directors from the world's most prestigious museums express their solidarity with the staff of the Louvre museum after the heist that made global headlines.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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New director will bring ‘energy, expertise and flair’ to The Cartoon Museum via @artsprofessional.co.uk www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac...
New director will bring 'energy, expertise and flair' to The Cartoon Museum - Arts Professional
The Cartoon Museum has appointed BETH BRYAN as its new director as it heads into its 20th year in 2026.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Witch trials explored in US and UK museums link via BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Witch trials explored as Salem and Bury St Edmunds museums link up
The 17th Century witch hunts are explored by two museums in towns with infamous histories.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Van Morrison's childhood home to become a museum via BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Van Morrison: Childhood home in Belfast to become a museum
Belfast City Council has recommended that a planning application for the proposal is approved.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM