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Funding

Shared Island Civic Society Fund

26 May 2025

The Shared Island Civic Society Fund is currently open for applications until Friday 27 June 2025 at 23:59....

Conference

Save the Date and CFP: IMA Annual Conference 2026

23 May 2025

We are delighted to announce the date and location of the IMA’s 2026 Annual Conference, 'Shared Futures - Museums as Spaces of Belonging', and invite proposals for sessions....

Funding

Consultation: NI Department for Communities Budget 2025-26

19 May 2025

The Department for Communities are welcoming comments on the initial Budget 2025-26 decisions until 07 August 2025....

Advocacy

International Museums Day 2025: The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities

18 May 2025

This International Museum Day, we stand with museums worldwide as they both contribute and adapt to rapidly-changing communities - recognising their resilience and vital role....

Advocacy

Call to contribute to NEMO’s LGBTQIA+ resource

17 May 2025

NEMO are inviting contributions to the online repository for ‘LGBTQIA+ inclusion in European museums: An incomplete guideline'....

Awards & Bursaries

Call for Heritage in Motion Award applications

12 May 2025

The Heritage in Motion Award recognises innovative multimedia and audiovisual projects which promote, explore or safeguard cultural heritage worldwide. Window closes 15 June 2025....

Collections

Ulster Museum Repatriates Ancestral Hawaiian Remains

10 May 2025

National Museums NI has announced that Ulster Museum in Belfast has returned further ancestral remains to Hawaiʻi....

Publications

National Museums NI Publishes New Corporate Strategy 2025–2030

24 Apr 2025

National Museums NI has unveiled its new Corporate Strategy for 2025–2030, outlining an ambitious five-year vision for the organisation’s four museums....

Developments

£750,000 investment in Ulster American Folk Park museum

18 Mar 2025

Department for Communities Minister, Gordon Lyons, announces £750,000 investment in Ulster American Folk Park...