News | Natural History Museum (Natural History Museum) returns Indigenous ancestors to Australia – ceremony attended by Traditional Custodians Read: ow.ly/hk3K50VAgFi

We're delighted to say that our Career Conversations programme is back for 2025 🗣️ Get in touch by 6 May to register your interest in a discussion slot with our workforce development lead and explore your career journey in a supportive space 👉 ow.ly/etw250VASlT

News | New traditional skills training centre wins The National Lottery Heritage Fund support – venue on the banks of the Forth & Clyde Canal in Falkirk Read: ow.ly/5uYU50VAXMh

News in brief | Latest news, moves and projects in the sector, including: • A grant for Hackney Museum revamp • Glasgow Life chief executive appointed • New Design Museum partnership • Liverpool Biennial appoints new chair And more: ow.ly/HqR850VBPEq

News | National Museums NI launches new corporate strategy – service to focus on how it can tackle contemporary challenges such as the climate crisis Read: ow.ly/YeQW50VCotN

News | Small museums respond to UK Supreme Court gender ruling – Vagina Museum and Crab Museum pledge their support for trans community Read: ow.ly/GUnM50VFrXY

News | National Trust to tell more diverse stories via property websites – work begins to enable the trust to tell a full range of inclusive histories Read: ow.ly/Ern150VG9LH

News | National Trust to tell more diverse stories via property websites – work begins to enable the trust to tell a full range of inclusive histories Read: ow.ly/Ern150VG9LH

News | Four artists shortlisted for Turner Prize 2025 – exhibition of works to open in September at Cartwright Hall in Bradford Read: ow.ly/oaNZ50VGl0V #TurnerPrize2025 #Turner250

Two weeks to go until All Inclusive: Championing Accessible Museums 🤝 Join us online on 7 May if you're responsible for access in your organisation, or if you're interested in what you can do to make your museum a more inclusive space. Book from £36 👉 ow.ly/EtwN50VGpVx

News | Friends of the Bowes Museum group to close after 75 years Charity says it is winding up in response to falling income and a lack of volunteers Read: museumsassociation.org/museums-journa…

News | Dulwich Picture Gallery reveals opening date for redevelopment ‘Open Art’ transformation of site and gardens will be unveiled in September. Read: ow.ly/oFik50VHJgj

The Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund is now open for applications 📩 The programme is funded by the Julia Rausing Trust and will enable the development and continuation of groundbreaking health and wellbeing programmes in UK museums. Find out more 👉 ow.ly/jUBI50VIKLl

News | First director appointed for Trent Park House of Secrets – Giuseppe Albano named chief of new museum dedicated to WWII ‘secret listeners’ Read: ow.ly/mvzy50VIWZS

News | Science and Industry Museum reveals details of restored Power Hall – gallery exploring Manchester's transport revolution will reopen this summer Read: ow.ly/gxZH50VJ1mC

News | ‘Most short-sighted decision council has ever made’: Museum of Cannock Chase shuts its doors – Staffordshire venue closes after 36 years due to budget cuts Read: ow.ly/ZhhW50VJyvf

News | Shortlist revealed for Art Fund #MuseumoftheYear 2025 – Beamish Museum and Perth Museum among five institutions across UK in running for £120,000 prize Read: ow.ly/GQOu50VJAtc

Review | Preston Manor, Brighton 🏡 Rebecca Atkinson travels back to 1912 in a visit to the reopened Preston Manor in Brighton. Read: ow.ly/IAZs50VKiGH Brighton Museums

Museums for Climate Justice case study | Ulster Museum, National Museums NI 📍 Wild Ireland: Past, Present, Future marries scientific expertise with art to communicate urgent messages about the threats to our natural world. Read: ow.ly/Gy1W50VKjHK

News | National Museums NI returns more items to Hawaiʻi – ceremony held at Ulster Museum, Belfast Read: ow.ly/cWr150VKx4O