News
Solidarity with Ukraine, and practical action from museums as Russia invades 03/03/2022
A round up of how the museum and cultural world has reacted, with both symbolic and practical support. »more
National Gallery X project seeks to close the ‘values gap’ and encourage climate action in the home 03/03/2022
Nesta, National Gallery and King's College London mix art with technology and performance for new programme. »more
Watch by Livestream: Museums and Galleries responding to the Climate and Ecological Crisis Conferenc 03/03/2022
Watch the broadcast of our sold-out conference on 7th - 8th March (no need to book). »more
MDE report shows urban and local authority museums among worst hit by the pandemic 08/02/2022
A new report by Museum Development England reveals the far reaching impact of the pandemic on 765 museums and their audiences, finances and workforce. »more
APPG publishes recommendations to help the North flourish socially and economically through culture 08/02/2022
The Northern Culture All-Party Parliamentary Group has published ‘The Case for Culture’ which offers a roadmap towards economic flourishing through better supporting the North’s nascent cultural assets. »more
Balancing optimism with realism – results of AIM survey on museum resilience in 2022 08/02/2022
The survey asked about resilience to the omicron variant over Christmas, and about how museums see their prospects for 2022. »more
The Future of Museums – Maria Balshaw gives the 2022 Slade lecture series 01/02/2022
Individual topics across the seven lectures include the (de)Growth model, the 100 year future and collecting in the here and now. »more
Ipsos MORI Veracity Index: museum curators among the most trusted professionals 10/01/2022
86% of the public say they trust museum curators – the same level of trust as teachers, and just behind nurses (the most trusted at 94%), librarians (93%) and doctors (91%). »more
Take part in the BBC’s Art That Made Us Festival 10/01/2022
Museums are encouraged to sign up by 28th January and gain access to BBC archives and technology. »more
Unique Honresfield Library acquired for £15m by consortium including British Library and NLS 10/01/2022
Original manuscripts by the Brontë sisters, Jane Austen, Robert Burns and others to be shared between museums and libraries across the UK. »more