MLA supports review of Northumberland libraries
The strategic review will provide Northumberland with information it needs to make key decisions about the future of its library...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereA close shave
Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by English landscape painter, Samuel Palmer. This...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereLeading museums
Six distinguished independent minded professionals united by a commitment to the development of people-focused museum services.
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereLearning partnership ITE grants announced
ITE Grants Programme will enable teachers at the beginning of their career to be inspired by museums and archives, and to see the...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereThomas Hardy am-dram scripts should stay in the UK, say Culture Minister
Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on a collection of typescripts from contemporary dramatisations...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereSeaton Delaval Hall becomes public property
Seaton Delaval in Northumberland, has been acquired through the Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) Scheme administered by the Museums,...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereExport blocks save cultural treasures
Vintage dresses, a naval explorer’s journal, a rare musical manuscript and a regulator clock are some of the outstanding cultural...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereBoys switched on to books
The Government programmes, Boys into Books and Book Ahead, aimed at encouraging more young people into reading for pleasure,...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereBroadband in libraries
Greater access to high speed broadband for the public in libraries across England is now possible thanks to an agreement brokered by...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereLibrary Review reaction
The outdated concept of library 'members' should be replaced with 'customers', entitled to first class service, online and in...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereNew Designation fund
The new Designation Development Fund (DDF) represents a new more targeted approach to the funding of Designated Collections.
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereArchives for the 21st Century
The policy, Archives for the 21st Century, re-asserts the vital importance of archives as the gateway to the nation’s common legacy,...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereA stitch in time to save painting of Welsh knitters
Temporary export bar placed on a painting by William Dyce.
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereCulture at the heart of regeneration
The work of museums, libraries and archives to support learning and skills, wellbeing and bridging the digital divide showed that...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereGuide to staging library gigs
The Get It Loud In Libraries (GILIL) toolkit, sponsored by the MLA and produced by Lancashire Libraries, sets out the nuts and bolts...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereScience in Your World grants now available
Science in Your World will provide opportunities to discover the science behind collections, meet scientists and engineers and put...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereNIACE and MLA Awards
Museums, libraries and archives can now nominate adult learners for NIACE Adult Learner's Week Awards and also put them forward for...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereBritish Pathé initiative
An agreement between British Pathé and the MLA will allow access to the entire British Pathé film archive, for use in exhibitions,...
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Alt text - title of news story goes here£19.8m of treasures boost public collections
Paintings by three giants of current British art are some of the many exceptional cultural treasures that have come into public...
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Alt text - title of news story goes hereTreasure finds
Highlights of the Staffordshire Hoard are displayed at the British Museum to celebrate the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
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