Funding
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’
National Gallery restructure shows sector’s ‘dire financial position’
Institution is cutting staff and reducing programming as it struggles to avoid £8.2m deficit
DCMS announces £1.5bn to tackle underfunding across culture sector
Five-year investment also aims to ‘unite communities’
Culture ‘key to sustainable economic growth and healthy communities’
Paper calls on government to formally measure role of culture in UK economy
Art Fund awards £1.3m to museums and galleries for collections work
Twenty-nine institutions receive grants in final round of Reimagine fund
