Though African institutions want looted artefacts to return home, they are more preoccupied with promoting living artists and treasures

We speak to museum experts András Szántó and Sonia Lawson. Plus, Dan Hicks on the legacy of colonial looting and National Gallery curator Christopher Riopelle on the Polish painter Jan Matejko

International museum leaders are confronting manifold challenges in the wake of Covid-19 and innovating in six principal ways, writes András Szántó

Turbulent year draws to a close with sector wracked by pandemic lockdowns and Black Lives Matter challenges

The Society of Antiquaries is launching a campaign to stay in historic home of Burlington House, close to Piccadilly

Plaster casts were made of the newly discovered victims of Vesuvius eruption, which are believed to have been a wealthy landowner and his slave

The museum worked with around 60 Aboriginal language groups across the vast state to bring their perspectives into every gallery

Event marking anniversaries of the Emirati museum and New York University Abu Dhabi looked at museum collections, buildings and people, and the impact of coronavirus

Museum undertook an investigation of Susan Dackerman’s allegedly “toxic” leadership style and departures of many staff members

Move by Washington, DC museums comes amid a wave of new US closures

After months without income due to coronavirus closures, new survey shows that museums are operating with just 25% of previous visitor numbers

Museums expect to lose an average of 35% of budgeted income this year, plus an additional 28% in 2021

Cultural workers voice frustration at mixed closure orders, as theatres, concert halls and restaurants are allowed to stay open

Delayed by just three weeks amid the pandemic, new Kinder Building will dramatically increase space for Modern and contemporary art

Serpentine Galleries, Tate and historian David Olusoga are on the shortlist for £3m research and development funding

Our World Heritage says it is stepping in to save at-risk locations as “safeguarding has become a secondary concern” for Unesco

The key figure in the British Black Arts movement of the 1980s has adorned the London museum’s façade with a colourful work exploring her own background

Advertisements said that the works were looted in recent years, but Met documentation shows that they have a much longer provenance

Unesco opposes the scheme which could result in "total loss" of archaeological treasures but English Heritage says it will "reconnect the site with its prehistoric landscape"

Conservation project tackles damage to Joan Miró's terraced maze of sculptures and ceramics in grounds of Modern art museum

In a sign of how drastically things would change, fewer than half prioritised online offerings in a wide-ranging survey

The director and film-maker has donated around 375 works to his hometown institution—and will have a pair of restrooms named after him

Candace Beinecke and Hamilton James will lead the trustees

Museum chief is asymptomatic and says he will continue working in quarantine

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme will be extended for seven more years with £8.8m grant from Arcadia fund

Monuments commemorating the First and Second World Wars—mostly built in small towns and villages—are added to Historic England's list of protected places

Researchers have identified nine buildings that require a “quick response” and a further 57 places of worship that could suffer from future cavity collapses

Senate approves bill to return 27 colonial-era artefacts from museum collections to Africa within one year

British Columbia brothers donate paintings their grandmothers acquired to Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

A guide to in-person and online programmes that offer some mental and emotional relief this week