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There are four broad types of museums and galleries in the UK. Most, but not all, are publicly funded.
National museums
National Gallery, British Museum and the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside
National museums and galleries receive their money directly from central government. They tend to be the larger museums, for example the Tate employs almost 1,000 people. Jobs tend to be more specialised.
Regional and local museums
Reading Museum, Bedford Museum and Roman Baths and Pump Room, Bath
Local authority funded, ranging from large regional services like Tyne and Wear Museums, ten museums attracting 1.5m visitors, to institutions like Guildford Museum, attracting 27,000 visitors a year.
University Museums
Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, the Barlow Collection in Brighton and the Petrie Museum in London
Ranging from the Ashmolean Museum, a big tourist attraction for Oxford, to the Scott Polar Museum, which occupies a couple of rooms in the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge.
Independent museums
Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere, and the Galleries of Justice, Nottingham
Self-funding, ranging from small volunteer-run museums to company-sponsored museums (eg Bass Museum), art spaces (eg Arnolfini in Bristol) and larger organisations (eg Ironbridge Gorge Museum in Telford).
National museums
National Gallery, British Museum and the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside
National museums and galleries receive their money directly from central government. They tend to be the larger museums, for example the Tate employs almost 1,000 people. Jobs tend to be more specialised.
Regional and local museums
Reading Museum, Bedford Museum and Roman Baths and Pump Room, Bath
Local authority funded, ranging from large regional services like Tyne and Wear Museums, ten museums attracting 1.5m visitors, to institutions like Guildford Museum, attracting 27,000 visitors a year.
University Museums
Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, the Barlow Collection in Brighton and the Petrie Museum in London
Ranging from the Ashmolean Museum, a big tourist attraction for Oxford, to the Scott Polar Museum, which occupies a couple of rooms in the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge.
Independent museums
Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere, and the Galleries of Justice, Nottingham
Self-funding, ranging from small volunteer-run museums to company-sponsored museums (eg Bass Museum), art spaces (eg Arnolfini in Bristol) and larger organisations (eg Ironbridge Gorge Museum in Telford).
