Funding

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

Budget 2025: ‘Far more ambitious action’ needed for culture sector

How museum and culture sector leaders have responded to this year’s budget

Science centres ‘undermined’ by a lack of government support

Association writes open letter calling for better recognition and funding

Funding gives museum leaders in Scotland more time for future planning

Museums Galleries Scotland awards £600,000 via new Leadership Capacity Fund

Museums encouraged to apply to the ACE/V&A Purchase Grant Fund

Funding supports permanent acquisitions by non-national institutions in England and Wales