News

17.10.2011
M&H News
Cuts are affecting front line services
http://mus.ms/qcs7RU

09.10.2011
The Observer
Strike threat at National Gallery
http://mus.ms/nApCEd

03.10.2011
The Independent
Museums chief advises Ed Vaizey to 'get out more'
http://mus.ms/nB46gh

06.09.2011
BBC News
Maurice Davies on entrepreneurial museums
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14804918

26.07.2011
M&H News
One in five museums hit by 25% cuts, critical survey finds
http://bit.ly/mZamWH

22.07.2011
The Guardian
Museums struggle as budgets dry up
http://bit.ly/nYMRcH

22.07.2011
ArtLyst
British museums struggling with 25% cuts
http://bit.ly/ndZm6o

21.07.2011
Attractions Management
Museums reveal impact of funding cuts
http://bit.ly/q4En1s

20.07.2011
BBC Radio 4
You and Yours
Gina Evans discusses the MA's cuts survey
http://bbc.in/nx2CFb

20.07.2011
BBC News Online
Fifth of museums hit by 25% spending cuts, finds survey
http://bbc.in/pND0Wn

20.07.2011
The Guardian
Museums cut opening hours and staff, survey says
http://bit.ly/pBOnxp

20.07.2011
The Independent
Museums slash staff and opening hours after 'devastating' cuts
http://ind.pn/qQaHZD

20.07.2011
The Independent
Leader: History Must Live
http://ind.pn/p2ImTA

20.07.2011
TaitMail
Two hundred and seventy one million reasons why this museums devastation should not be happening
http://bit.ly/oEvxUF

19.07.2011
Attractions Management
MA survey to help guide sector's future
http://bit.ly/mTSlDK

16.07.2011
Gazette.co.uk
Windfall for Middlesbrough's mima art gallery
http://bit.ly/p0IIPV

14.07.2011
The Independent
Art of balancing budgets: cash strapped councils clear out their collections
http://ind.pn/pvK9pv

12.07.2011
The Guardian
Save the Bolton Picassos
http://bit.ly/oskz4L

11.07.2011
BBC News
Should councils cash in on art?
http://bbc.in/mVoAXH

07.07.2011
The Independent
Historic library may close as subsidy slashed
http://ind.pn/nFt1Ey

17.06.2011
Attractions Management
MA urgest framework for regional museums
http://bit.ly/j0KcYz

12.06.2011
BBC News
Locally run museums cut paid staff by 10%
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13741363

24.05.2011
The Art Newspaper
What are museums for?
http://bit.ly/k5EXOJ

11.05.2011
Radio 4 News
Maurice Davies on Ai Weiwei and museums in China (26.40)
http://bbc.in/jIIqJQ

10.05.2011
Daily Mail
Art lovers told to brush up on their da Vinci by National Gallery bosses give them just 30 minutes to view £16 exhibition
http://bit.ly/jW4r0E

10.05.2011
The Guardian
Where is Ai Weiwei?
http://bit.ly/jcGYkU

11.04.2011
The Telegraph
Flowering of the private sponsor
http://bit.ly/kWa7os

18.03.2011
The Independent
Museum chief sacked as theft inquiry begins
http://ind.pn/eU3kJf

15.03.2011
BBC Oxford
Maurice Davies on Local Authority Cuts (interview at 2:08:50)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fckgs

07.03.2011
Front Row, Radio 4
Maurice Davies on councils selling collections (interview at 14.20)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z5bp1

28.02.2011
Front Row, Radio 4
Maurice Davies on mobile photography in museums
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fgfbj

20.01.2011
BBC1 London News
Sally Cross on getting collections out of storage



19.01.2011
BBC London Breakfast Show
Museums urged to show more 'hidden' artefacts
http://bbc.in/gMrKQO

29.11.2010
BBC Breakfast Show



20.11.2010
Jarrow and Hebburn Gazette
Museums are safe from cuts
http://bit.ly/a0kqOe

18.11.2010
The Journal
Region's culture is put under threat from cuts
http://bit.ly/cdOuMt

01.11.2010
PARN newsletter
Building professional confidence through mentoring
http://bit.ly/bqQYOu

15.10.2010
This is Wiltshire
Museum’s opening hours are cut back
http://bit.ly/cLo9dY

09.09.2010
The Journal
North East museums fear for future as funding cuts loom
http://bit.ly/awhWrr

08.09.2010
The Echo
Getting to the art of the matter, with Russell-Cotes collection
http://bit.ly/96S0FV

07.09.2010
Financial Times
Saatchi gift to the nation in doubt (paid-for content)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/40348d5a-ba76-11df-8e5c-00144feab49a.html

06.09.2010
Today, BBC Radio 4
Mark Taylor on free entry
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8971000/8971628.stm

04.09.2010
The Sunday Times
Museum blockbusters go kaboom (paid-for content)
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Arts/article386906.ece

01.09.2010
BBC Radio 4
Mark Taylor on government cuts (24.20)http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tj4k6/Six_OClock_News_01_09_2010/

01.09.2010
The Guardian
Caitlin Griffiths on the curator's role
http://bit.ly/bbXJJa

23.08.2010
BBC Gloucestershire
Vanessa Trevelyan on admission charges
No media available

16.08.2010
Arts Industry
Mark Taylor on safeguarding museums
http://bit.ly/94lbfB

12.08.2010
The Art Newspaper
Maurice Davies says transparency is key to deaccessioning
http://bit.ly/c4rCpG

30.07.2010
Front Row
Maurice Davies discusses volunteers and the Big Society (16.00)
http://bit.ly/dhFHay 

29.07.2010
David Cameron ambushed on Indian TV over 105-carat Koh-i-noor diamond as country demands its return
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1298541/David-Cameron-ambushed-Indian-TV-105-carat-Koh-noor-diamond.html

22.07.2010
Museums Association picks Manchester for annual conference
http://www.citmagazine.com/channel/news/article/1018017/Museums-Association-picks-Manchester-annual-conference/

09.07.2010
Newsnight
Maurice Davies discusses responsible disposal



27.06.2010
The Sunday Times (paid-for content)
Museums and galleries threaten to reintroduce admission fees http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Arts/article329321.ece

24.06.2010
The Guardian
Galleries and museums face summer of protest over BP arts sponsorship
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/24/galleries-museums-summer-protest-bp-arts-sponsorship

15.01.2010
You and Yours, BBC Radio 4
Small museums are heart and soul of communities
(Mark Taylor interviewed at 46.00)
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pqbss/You_and_Yours_15_01_2010/

13.01.2010
The Independent
Museums hit by 'perfect financial storm' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/museums-hit-by-perfect-financial-storm-1855938.html