Scottish independence best for cultural sector says Culture Secretary
The £50mScottish museums budget, first announced in Scotland’s draft budget for 2013/14, has been confirmed by Scotlan…
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Cheery smiles
The Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust uses 450 regular volunteers in various roles from demonstrating crafts to litter-picking. Lucy…
Eloise Malone reviews Arts Education and Contemporary Culture
This book provides a fascinating selection of thought-provoking nuggets on formal and informal pedagogy in the arts and cultural s…
Tate bows to pressure on interns
Tate has cut short a number of its internships in the wake of a policy change in favour of paying interns. Until recently Tate off…
Museums are from Mars
Claire Gulliver shares the experiences of a region-wide programme to build collaborations between artists and museums
Scotland’s galleries pull together
A National Development Body will lead on the development and facilitation of new partnerships between museums and galleries in Sco…
Cuts bite hard in Liverpool
Job losses, the closure of display galleries, fewer exhibitions and the introduction of admission charges are just some of the mea…
Museum visits double over ten years
National museums celebrate the impact of a decade of free entry
ACE replicates arts funding model for museums
For the first time major grants to regional museums are set to be awarded via an open application process, assessed against publis…
Cover your assets
Benjamin Futerman and Tim Maxwell consider the impact of damage to works of art and how to protect artwork financially, physically…
ACE prepares for museums and libraries
Former Arts Minister Baroness Estelle Morris has been commissioned by Arts Council England (ACE) to review its 10-year strategic f…
Needs and networks
Rosalie Neath explains how volunteers help the work of the Art Fund
£600k boost for acquisitions
The Art Fund has been awarded £600,000 from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to support new collections in museums and…
Last Word
It is no surprise that the latest report on local authority arts expenditure shows a decrease to two-thirds of the levels reached…
Personal curation
New technologies are providing more opportunities for museums’ and galleries’ artworks to be discovered, enjoyed and shared ac…
Art Fund extends free access
More cash for acquisitions and better public access to collections are among the aims of a major funding programme
Recognition for volunteering – how about tax breaks?
One of the contradictions of the Big Society is that volunteering is to be encouraged, yet funding is being cut from many organisa…
MLA’s work to pass to ACE
The work of the soon-to-be-abolished Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is likely to be passed onto Arts Council Englan…
Work to be done
The proportion of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people working in UK museums has almost trebled in the 15 years from 199…
Last word
The big C word Overused, allegedly undervalued, and bouncing off the pages of any arts report worth its weight in words: Creativit…
Museum bodies clash
Fears that funding cuts will damage the Renaissance programme, designed to boost the profile of regional museums, has sparked a sh…
Economic Impact – Guggenheim: vision beyond value
The UK could learn something from the drive and ambition behind Bilbao's Guggenheim, writes Simon Kensdale.
