To gather information on how the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is affecting and will affect the cultural sector in the short and long term, ICOM launched a global survey to analyse the impact of lockdowns.
Andrew Thompson begins a short series of posts about museums and heritage interpretation in the Alps. In this post he reflects on the ‘Pfitscherjoch Borderless’ exhibition, which is situated on a footpath at 2090 metres in the Zillertal in Austria.
Children’s Art Week is a UK-wide programme run by Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education. In 2020, Children’s Art Week will take place online, at home and in schools from 29 June – 19 July 2020.
Digital Heritage Lab is a free programme for small and medium heritage organisations seeking to develop their digital capabilities and capacity. The full programme will launch in June, but support is already available to help during the COVID-19 crisis.
The Government has announced a recreation and leisure COVID-19 roadmap taskforce to look at how to support the restarting of this sector of the economy. This will include tourism, culture and heritage, libraries, entertainment and sport (DCMS)...
A discretionary fund has been set up to accommodate certain small businesses previously outside the scope of the business grant funds scheme.
Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) has this week provided a number of insights into planning for re-opening and recovery.
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund has launched a £50million fund to support the heritage sector as an immediate response to the coronavirus outbreak....
The Charity Commission has set out its response to charities who are concerned about what to do during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
