National Museum Directors' Conference

Leading regional museums to be invited to join NMDC

NMDC members have agreed to expand the membership criteria of the NMDC and invite all major grant funded museums in the Renaissance in the Regions programme to join. 

10 years of free entry to national museums

National museums today celebrate a decade of free entry.  Over 50 million people visited the UK’s national museums last year, more than double the number before the re-introduction of universal free admission in December 2001.

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NMDC responds to consultation on gifts of objects to the nation

NMDC welcomes Government response to Hargreaves Review of IP

The Government has announced that it will be endorsing all ten recommendations made by Professor Ian Hargreaves in his independent review of intellectual property (IP) and growth.

NMDC strategy review consultation

NMDC is seeking views to feed into a review of our strategy, vision and membership.

New initiative to improve sharing of expertise across UK museums

Bodies representing museums of all kinds have joined together to collaborate on a new programme of work which aims to increase and improve the sharing of skills and expertise across the UK museum sector.