BP exploits cultural sponsorship for influence, report claims
Anonymous interviews and emails obtained under Freedom of Information suggest the oil giant has some control over the creative out…
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Survey to examine impact of paid museum admissions
The impact of charging on visitor spend, diversity of visitors and community reputation is to be assessed.
Manifestos vary in commitment to the arts
All bar UKIP affirm the value of the arts and culture in society, but only The Greens commit to increased funding and a more holis…
Funding to encourage retailing for profit
Museums and galleries across England are being actively encouraged to think more commercially through a professional development p…
An end to performance management?
Some publicly funded museums are moving away from performance management governance and towards a peer review model. Anwar Tlili e…
Worth getting out of bed for
Transforming cold and clinical spaces in Sheffield’s children’s hospital into micro-museums and galleries is alle…
Being watched
Dirk vom Lehn explains how video-based research into social interactions in museum or gallery exhibitions can be used to develop n…
Getting to grips with commissioning
In a new series exploring opportunities for arts organisations, museums and library services to engage in public service commissio…
Disability out of the box
Mat Fraser focuses his disability activism on how exhibitions in medical museums can change ideas and attitudes around disability.
HLF invests in new entry routes to Scotland’s museums sector
Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) has been awarded £422k in funding to deliver a new traineeship programme for non-graduates….
A strategy for sustainability
Scotland’s museums sector has taken an innovative approach to overcoming financial challenges, according to Joanne Orr.
New ACE strategy: Keep calm and carry on…
Arts Council England's update of its 10-year 'strategic framework' makes for sober and serious reading. But while ther…
Museum services suffer as unpaid volunteers and interns replace staff
Funding cuts have forced museums and galleries to employ more unpaid volunteers and reduce the numbers of museum professionals, af…
Acquiring Latin American art
In a relatively buoyant global art scene, Mauro Herlitzka looks at the increasing interest in Latin American art, aided by an acqu…
Creating the big society
Sarah Stannage asks whether we can be confident that individuals and communities will step forward to support the development of l…
Pickles advises councils to lease unused art
The Secretary of State has called for local councils' gallery archives to go on loan to make money.
Funding boost sees jobs increase across Leeds Museums and Galleries
14 new jobs will created across Leeds Museums and Galleries as a result of £5m being awarded over the next three years by Ar…
Strategies for a digital culture
Oonagh Murphy’s research into how museums are engaging digitally with their audiences took her to New York. Here she reports…
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…
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…
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
