Closed museums are losing millions in income, ushering in job cuts, appeals for emergency relief and lasting changes in strategy

Money ran out in the first round, although some US museums scored loans

Art historians and curators urge galleries to support education staff during coronavirus crisis

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's £30,000 appeal aims to restore ambitious sculpture of the Bard in grounds of his former home

Enforced delay due to Covid-19 could add to millions of pounds of lost income in the sector

Cuts affect employees in visitor services and retail departments, and more job losses are expected

Other institutions reflect on ethical concerns linked to Covid-19 material

One of the museum’s finest period rooms, the Kaufmann Office is being restored for display in new V&A East collection centre

The director of the Queens Museum reflects on how the coronavirus pandemic may change how communities use public spaces, and how museums can help rebuild these communal experiences

Originally scheduled to open in June this year and then postponed until September, new government measures to contain Covid-19 add further delays to the Bourse de Commerce space

While legal hurdles remain, the museum directors’ association will not penalise members who redirect restricted funds to cover operating expenses

Nearly 75% of staff will be placed on unpaid leave and senior leadership at the Oregon museum will take salary cuts

Four of the city’s major art museums do not charge an entry fee—but that is more than just a way to boost visitor numbers, they say

Charleston, a ramshackle farmhouse complete with painted interiors by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, has launched an emergency crowdfunding appeal

Museum will also reduce salaries for those making over $80,000

Plus, Laura Cumming on Breugel. Produced in association with Christie's

The New-York Historical Society and others are soliciting donations of objects and ephemera to document the "unprecedented times in which we are now living"

Awaiting reopening, the institution’s birthday displays reveal the interconnectedness of world cultures

Signatories include leaders at Rome's MaXXI Museum and Venice’s civic museums as well as the artist Paola Pivi

Huge new complex for Egypt's antiquities—which was originally scheduled to open in 2011—will be delayed until 2021

A V&A employee creates a to-scale exhibition of masterpieces for his gerbils while in lockdown

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from £1m flower pyramids to an enigmatic portrait of a young black woman

In an open letter, the organisation criticises building work in the historic area, which is on the nomination list to become a World Heritage site

Politically minded figure left helm of Queens Museum amid tensions with its board

French government endorses his strategy of establishing satellite branches overseas

Conservation departments are sending gloves, masks and Tyvek suits to hospitals and ambulance services

Museum will house a temporary structure in its grounds as the “country prepares Public Health facilities to deal with Covid-19”

Visitor numbers at some of the world’s most popular art venues have nosedived and uncertainty for the future remains

Tim Steiner, whose entire back is covered in an ink piece created by Wim Delvoye, will sit in the empty Mona museum until the end of April