Case for Museums: Museums Deliver
As our most recent publication demonstrates, museums provide knowledge and inspiration, while also connecting communities. At a time of economic recovery, and in the run-up to the Olympics, they are more important than ever. Museums and galleries deliver world-class public services which offer individuals and families free and inspiring places to visit and things to do. Museums attract audiences from home and abroad. They build confidence in Britain and stimulate the creativity and innovation that will help drive economic success. Museums provide the places and resources to which people turn for information and learning. They care for the legacy of the past while creating a legacy for the future.
Museums have reinvented themselves in recent years. Using public funding, they have generated substantial private investment to rebuild, remain relevant and become truly outstanding. With continued public support, our museums will grow through such partnerships. Museums represent the core values of human integrity and ingenuity to which we turn in a crisis, and that we celebrate in times of success. With continuing support, they will provide the outstanding public services and programmes which Britain can be proud of in 2012.