Monarch’s ceremonial bed has survived many battles

Funding will benefit Potsdam’s Sanssouci and Berlin’s Charlottenburg palaces

Façade restoration nears completion in project to unite the RA campus in time for 250th anniversary in 2018

She led a seven-year, £10m project to restore the buildings, rehang the galleries and conserve the collection

His trust needs £2.3m to create artists’ studios and a permanent gallery devoted to the 20th-century Australian painter

Reopening set for summer but complete overhaul of palace costing £369m will take a decade

Patrizio Bertelli made the plea at the unveiling of Vasari's Last Supper, which is back on display 50 years after it was damaged in the Florence flood of 1966

Sites including Pompeii, Paestum and the earthquake-stricken city of L’Aquila get major cash injection

Artist’s grandsons waived fees to conserve his largest work, which goes on show at Tate Modern this week

Refurbished gallery gives more space to Modern objects but older artefacts still take pride of place

Rediscovered Japanese panels on show after two years of painstaking restoration in specialist studio

Ancient sites were targeted by extremist groups

But heritage groups say the funds fall far short of the real cost of restoration

Damascene reception room is being restored before making its museum debut in Saudi Arabia in 2016

Opening marks the completion of a seven-year restoration project

Treatment of emperor’s statue may resolve conflicting accounts of its history

Bacteria removed from Villa of the Mysteries frieze during restoration

Visitors can see the architect’s newly restored living quarters for the first time in 160 years

Thinning the painting’s varnish reveals La Belle Ferronnière's fine features, but French experts unable to confirm her identity