Lessons in effective fundraising
When trustees and senior managers develop their fundraising skills alongside staff and volunteers, some key barriers to fundraisin…
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Breaking into the museum sector
To work in a museum you need the right academic qualifications and the resources to volunteer, but new initiatives in Scotland are…
From institution to inclusion
Why would a cultural venue install a swimming pool? Alexia Jacques Casanova charts the evolution of inclusive and participatory pr…
Museum and galleries funding must be “urgently” increased
A new report is heavily critical of the Mendoza Reivew, after identifying a gap between museum resources and the cost of acquiring…
How Bristol Culture turned its retail operation around
Three years ago Bristol’s museum and gallery shops were running without a plan and losing money, but now they are on track t…
Being an international in the creative sector
Julie Bécaud, now a researcher at the Scottish Maritime Museum, explains her first steps into the arts in the UK.
Late openings key to improving gallery audience diversity
Museums and galleries are urged to regularly extend opening hours and put on after-hours events, which are estimated to be worth a…
Brexit could affect staff at one in three UK museums
The Museums Association’s annual survey finds 4% of the workforce are non-UK EU citizens.
More than the remnants of an Empire
As we begin the process of leaving the EU, our regional museums have the power to change perceptions about Britain’s place i…
Attendance down at London galleries despite record tourism
The threat of terrorism is thought to have contributed to falling visitor numbers at some of London’s leading museums and ga…
Review calls for a more strategic approach to museums funding
Arts Council England has committed to developing a Museums Action Plan, on the recommendation of the first independent review of t…
Readers respond: what should Animazing do next?
Paul Young receives guidance on partnerships and funding, in response to his question about opening a children’s TV museum a…
Redeveloping a period mansion
Abbot Hall in Kendal, a Grade I listed mansion and now home to an art gallery and museum, is in the early stages of its redevelopm…
No right answers
Why do we talk about organisational change as if there are right and wrong answers? David Jubb discusses how the Scratch collabora…
A radical rescue plan
The Canterbury Heritage Museum has attracted fewer and fewer visitors in recent years, but a rescue plan involving the Marlowe The…
Young imaginations
Preston’s Harris Museum and Art Gallery needs ‘re-imagining’ and who better to do it than the young people who w…
Trial and error
Inspired by theatres, Bristol’s museums and galleries decided to try out a ‘pay what you think’ model for exhibi…
Museums in ‘crisis’ as a quarter are dealt public funding cuts
Despite the cuts, many museums are managing to increase income through commercial activities and fundraising, the Museums Associat…
Liverpool museums worth £53m to the North West
An economic and social impact study has revealed how National Museums Liverpool contributes to the local economy, tourism, educati…
Marketing a sensitive and brutal history
The rise of the selfie has created new problems for those managing ‘dark tourism’ sites, such as Auschwitz-B…
Our horrible histories
Should museums shy away from talking about torture, sexuality and death with children? Sacha Coward explains why he thinks no topi…
Museum visitor numbers drop for the first time in a decade
Although visits by UK nationals have held steady, visitor numbers from overseas have fallen despite an overall increase in tourism…
Private art in public places
Many great public art collections were founded upon the bequests of private collectors, but how can galleries engage the collector…
Stopping art theft
How can museums and galleries stop highly organised art theft? Andy Davis recommends an approach that combines a mix of security m…
