Responding to a crisis with a rallying cry
Together for Museums harnessed the collective efforts of members, artists, donors and the public to come to the aid of the sector,…
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Cinema Museum faces closure amid developer’s silence
The organisation has received repeated assurances but no answers about what happens when the lease on its home of 22 years expires…
Attractions’ visitor numbers fall by 70% in ‘devastatingly hard year’
UK cultural attractions are calling for a new bank holiday to boost tourism, and the popularity of outdoor attractions, starting t…
V&A’s Theatre and Performance archive ‘at risk of becoming a dead collection’
Staff restructuring proposals that threaten the museum department have been condemned as a "devastatingly bad idea&…
Why members might leave you – and what you can do about it
Museums’ survival depends on their members – and post-pandemic they're voting with their feet. Julia Protesaru pro…
Send them to the moon
With a smartphone and a bit of carboard, museums’ aspirations for immersive experiences can reach astrological heights, writ…
‘Woke minority’ fights back against contested heritage policy
As Oliver Dowden establishes a working group on "retain and explain", arts workers afraid of exclusion, censorship and f…
Selling collections must be subject to scrutiny
Sharon Heal challenges a museum chair’s view that ethics are a matter of ‘emotion’.
Abu Dhabi offers ‘golden visas’ to UK creatives
Feeling the Brexit blues? Abu Dhabi is courting British creatives with a 10 year work permit, routes to citizenship and heavy inve…
National Collections Centre planned for Coventry
Arts Council England will relocate its 8,000-piece collection to a former IKEA store in an effort to create a legacy for Coventry…
Why ‘selling’ strategically is not ‘selling out’
Purposeful and ethical deaccessioning has funded a digital transformation that is giving a small, London museum a sustainable long…
Calculating cultural value: Regional museums worth £6.16 per visit
Arts Council England says its calculations of regional museums' value are transferrable "in principle" and can…
DCMS announces economic model for deciding cultural funding
The pound-per-use value of some cultural and heritage activities has been calculated in a startling series of reports that could s…
Re-opening safely and reaching more audiences
A new ticketing system designed by museums for musems is providing free support with the twin challenges of running timed ent…
Keep museums open, European network says
A new international report calls for financial support as the timeline for reopening museums lengthens.
Museums caught in a race to the bottom
Tate becomes the latest institution to announce redundancies as the sector and its workforce warn of a years-long road to recovery…
Call for Government to ‘respect’ embattled museums’ independence
A national arts charity has criticised threats to revoke funding to museums, saying 60% already fear they won't survive the pa…
How to curate for a global moment
The groups least likely to visit a gallery can curate shows the public wants – and that directors would never dream to creat…
Sector looks to digital for post-pandemic bounce
Cultural organisations and funders are investing in digital to keep artistic activity alive – whether social distancing rule…
Arm’s-length policy at risk in ‘contested heritage’ debate
The Government's edicts over controversial statues and other heritage assets are complicating the job of cultural or…
Museum visitors fall from post-Covid peak
National Museums Liverpool and the V&A consult on redundancies amid a month-long decline in visitor numbers for England&#…
No growth in arts engagement over 15 years
The proportion of adults taking part in the arts is the same as it was in 2005. ACE says there is still progress to be found in th…
Museum no-shows an ‘unintended consequence’ of reopening success
Some museums are nearly running at their post-Covid capacity. But "reopening doesn't mean recovery" as up to 40% of…
Visitor numbers at a standstill as museums reopen
Major museums are attracting less than 10% of the visitors they normally would – and paying through the nose to do so.
