Funding

ACE announces big changes to National Portfolio investment programme

Arts council has been working on simplifying the application process

‘Let it wither at our peril’

Members Survey: Six in 10 respondents say their museum is planning service cuts as a result of funding pressure, with public-facing work most at risk. By Geraldine Kendall Adams

ACE issues guidance for regional museums funding

The £13.6m Museum Transformation Programme is designed to improve financial resilience

Overseas visitors should not be charged unless Universal ID is in place, says Hodge

Labour peer says financial returns would be less than £10m as she clarifies position on free entry

Manchester Museum gets £200,000 for Vivarium redevelopment

Institution is one of 24 grant recipients in latest round of the DCMS/Wolfson funding

Museums in England awarded £25.5m in latest round of Mend grants

Black Country Living Museum and Newstead Abbey among recipients as DCMS announces first tranche of Arts Everywhere Fund

Scottish cultural organisations awarded £130,947

Museums Galleries Scotland’s Small Grants Fund opens next round

Wordsworth Trust saves Lake District poet’s final home

Rydal Mount was on sale for £2.5m after struggling with falling visitor numbers and rising costs

Reliance on ‘volatile’ income streams could put national museums at risk

Audit office recommends better monitoring of ‘early warning signs’ at DCMS-sponsored institutions

Local museums across Scotland get £2m to build financial resilience

Museums Galleries Scotland awards grants from Museum Futures programme

London’s Barbican secures permission for £231m renewal

Accessibility and sustainability will be central to project

England’s civic museums call for new £120m-a-year investment

English Civic Museums Network sets out vision for ‘coherent, fair and sustainable support system’