Treasury says there will be “over £300m to support the UK’s world-class national museums and galleries” in 2020-21

Proposals for Alice Springs and Adelaide have political support but concerns have been raised over competing projects and lack of Indigenous involvement

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections—from a compendium of African American history to the vast archive of an expelled Surrealist

Demands by the emperor's great-great grandson for the return of thousands of works from two German states threatens the future of at least two museums

The Waddesdon Treasury opens at the Buckinghamshire family mansion managed and financed since 1988 by Rothschild—a man who has been an eminence grise of the British art world for the past 30 years

After a grant enabled conservation on a much-loved painting, researchers at the National Gallery of Ireland are learning more about the artist’s technique

Seats on boards offered by major museums are increasingly being used to serve the narrow agendas of the ultra-rich

Daniel Weiss, Adam Weinberg and other museum leaders speak out following the fallout from the resignation of the Whitney’s vice chairman and the ongoing Sackler affair

The Finding of Moses, currently on loan at the London museum, is owned by sofa-billionaire Graham Kirkham

A government grant for works of importance helps to block departure of the painting from the country

E-Werk Luckenwalde will be powered with locally sourced biomass, with excess energy sold back to the grid

BM Arc will provide the institution with 15,628 sq.m to show its objects in greater context and increase public access

As 50-year-old statement is overhauled, feuds over new description could "seriously weaken" the International Council of Museums

Privacy group condemns move but the museum says people were made aware of the surveillance measures

The group says fundraising efforts to turn the Orlando nightclub into a tourist destination would be better spent on survivors’ care

The loaf, made with yeast extracted from an artefact at the MFA Boston, could provide valuable insight into ancient civilisations

Most were scientific materials, but 69,000 went to cultural venues

Spokeswoman for the London museum says it has not been officially approached by the country over the return of the two objects made by the Taíno people in its collection

Famous Ancient Egyptian artefact transferred from Luxor tomb to Cairo for delicate conservation work ahead of museum opening

Portuguese government has stepped in and seized art assets following protracted legal battle, press reports say

From Georgia O’Keeffe to Mickalene Thomas, the museum will aim to address diversity gaps

Three artists enter a dialogue with Middle Eastern antiquities at the University of Chicago

Museum will draw on its 1,200 works by the artist to help further scholarship

Flags, pamphlets and logos by the climate activist organisation were acquired for museum's Rapid Response Collecting gallery

His company Safariland has been criticised for manufacturing tear gas canisters that have been used on asylum seekers along the US-Mexico border

Pioneering agreement to share contested work from Gurlitt trove provides a roadmap for similar legal cases

Artists are increasingly concerned about the ethical principles of the museums and galleries in which they show their work

The museum says the gift will play an important role in the reconfiguration of its permanent collection