Freelance

Report finds creative freelancers hit by loss of work, late pay and AI

Calls to reform freelance work and pay practices amid challenging landscape

Focus | Hints and tips for starting out as a freelancer

Our guide to being a successful freelancer - from finding work, knowing how much to charge and looking after your wellbeing

Vox Pop | How to thrive as a freelancer

Established professionals discuss the pros and cons of freelancing and share their advice to others

Guide | How can museums support freelancers?

The stresses on the sector are forcing different ways of working for and with freelancers

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Freelancers are fundamental to sector’s recovery

Value and support these workers

Museum Freelance network to close

Directors call on sector to continue work to address poor pay, procurement and contracts

Trendswatch | Critical friends

The directors of Museum X on how outside voices can help museums create meaningful change

Almost 80% of museum freelancers have lost earnings during Covid

Survey shows freelancers are falling through the 'government support cracks' and feel abandoned by the sector

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The pandemic has compounded the challenges facing museum freelancers

We’re asking sector organisations to play a meaningful role in driving change

Museum freelancers feel undervalued and underpaid, finds report

Museum Freelance publishes results of first in-depth survey on freelancing in the sector