Karen Davies, interim CEO at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, said: “IGMT’s museum sites will close after business on ...

Up to 50 jobs are set to go at Ironbridge's museums as the National Trust gears up to take over. The news has been confirmed by the National Trust, which is in the process of taking over the ...

In a bid to restore community pride, towns from every corner of Britain are stepping into the spotlight, hoping to be recognised for their cultural richness.

An iconic Australia Day event held on the Darling Downs has been drastically reduced and moved away from its home of more ...

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Newcastle‑under‑Lyme has announced its intention to bid to be a UK Town of Culture. The area had "a culture of art and ...

Surely we all have a Treasure Island in our mind’s eye. Mine is a verdant oasis set in crystal-clear cobalt seas, its sinewy shores bisected by eye-pleasing bays that brim with white sand.

The canal tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was authorized by an Act of Parliament on April 4, 1794. Construction began shortly after, but cost-saving measures and high water levels delayed its ...

The Menai Suspension Bridge, which links mainland Wales with the Isle of Anglesey, marked its 200th anniversary on January 30. The structure was designed and built by Thomas Telford and first opened ...

Devon Akmon is the board chair for the American Alliance of Museums. Across the United States, political polarization has deepened to historic levels. In a report published in May 2025, the Pew ...

We worked for over a year to complete more than 100 sculptures, with similar shapes and forms, but no two alike. Together, ...

Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, "Pulling Down the Statue of King George III" (c. 1852–53) (image courtesy The New York Historical) Believe it or not, the future of our nation may rest on how museums in ...