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Cultural Capital: Maintaining Investment in Culture through the Good Times and the Bad
Leading figures from the arts, business and public sector came together at the V&A last month to call for investment to support culture through the recession.
Read moreCulturelable online museum boutique launched
Online boutique Culturelabel has been launched bringing together the retail outlets of 60 British cultural institutions.
Read moreNMDC adopts guidelines to reduce museums’ carbon footprint
NMDC members have adopted new guidelines for environmental conditions in a major move towards a less energy-intensive approach to collections care.
Read moreRenaissance Review and National Action Plan
On 22nd July the MLA published the findings of the independent review of the Renaissance in the Regions programme, together with the the National Action Plan for Museums.
Read moreNational-Regional Museum Partnerships
New NMDC project aims to ensure museum partnership working is strategic and effective.
Read moreFree admission boosts sense of public ownership of national museums
Visits to national museums and galleries are at a record high for the third year running, with more than 40.3 million such visits recorded last year.
Read moreLearning to Live: Museums, Young People and Education
This major new book on the educational role of museums brings together a collection of essays addressing key questions about the role of museums in young peoples’ wellbeing and learning.
Read more5,000 new jobs in culture and creative industries
The Government has announced plans to create between five and ten thousand new jobs for young people in the culture and creative industries sectors as part of the £1.1bn Future Jobs Fund.
Read moreNMDC Budget 2009 Response
DCMS funded museums will have their budgets cut by 0.5% in 2010-11, as part of DCMS’s contribution to the £5bn value for money savings announced in the Budget. Read the NMDC's response.
Read moreMuseums at Night 2009
Museums at Night 2009, which took place over the weekend of 15-17 May, is a national campaign led by Culture24 and funded by MLA and NMDC to promote museums, galleries, heritage sites, libraries and archives in the UK.