‘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…
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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.
‘Heritage is more than Downton Abbey’: RSA and British Council call for ‘radical’ shake-up of sector
Heritage can grow the UK's post-Covid economy – but only if it starts "telling the stories of more diverse parts of…
Rocky path ahead for museums and galleries
A 9-point checklist will guide the safe reopening of museums and galleries, but visitors may still stay away if the services and f…
Rates victory sets precedent for other museums and galleries
The rateable value of an Exeter museum fell from £445,000 to just £1 following a Tribunal ruling that has opened the d…
Cautious re-start for museums, galleries and cinemas
The Government is encouraging the sector to welcome the public back, but museum directors warn that “permission to reopen do…
Museums and galleries face new challenges as re-opening approaches
Museums and galleries are preparing to address the conflicting challenges of attracting audiences back whilst having to postpone t…
Museums face strict re-opening rules
Museums and galleries across Europe are preparing to open, but the impact of social distancing measures and a lack of tourists rai…
