Campaigners fight ‘misguided’ plans to close local authority museums
Abbey House Museum in Leeds and three Bristol institutions are among those at risk
Financial crisis
Wollaton Hall to charge entry under new delivery plan for Nottingham museums
Fee is part of new operating model intended to generate income and reduce financial pressure on council
Funding uplift for Scottish museums ‘does not go far enough’
Sector bodies welcome budget boost but say much of the funding will be absorbed by rising costs
Closures loom as funding crisis worsens for local museums
Auchindrain Township, Museum of Cannock Chase and Alyth Museum all earmarked to shut
Culture minister ‘painfully aware’ of financial crisis facing civic museums
Chris Bryant outlines his plans for the sector in address to MA conference
V&A to cut posts and merge departments
Financial impact of the pandemic spells the end of some specialist teams
Redundancies and reduced opening hours at Science Museum Group sites
Organisation to cut between 65 and 95 posts in first phase of strategic review
Union warns hundreds of jobs at risk as redundancy talks begin
Tate Enterprises, Historic Royal Palaces and Royal Collections Trust already in consultation with staff
Independent museums are ‘hardest hit’ by Covid-19 crisis
Art Fund says the sector will need a balance of emergency grants and support for longer-term recovery
Scotland’s museums badly hit by timing of Covid-19 crisis
Longer lockdown, earlier summer break and loss of overseas tourism are having an impact
Southbank Centre warns it may not be able to reopen until April 2021
Director calls on government to intervene to support arts sector
One in 10 museum workers worldwide expects their institution to close
International Council of Museums calls on policy-makers to 'urgently allocate relief funds'