Inclusion
Covid has improved disabled people’s engagement with museums, study finds
Participants cite positive opportunities for remote working, interviews and digital offerings
Royal Pavilion & Museums in £390,000 diversity and equality drive
Funding from James Henry Green Trust will support service widen access to visitors
‘There is a strong feeling among disabled people that we have been losing ground’
Reflecting on the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act
‘We need to understand the impact of the digital shift on under-served communities’
Q&A with Anjana Khatwa, engagement lead at Wessex Museums
The bigger picture
Mark Sealy has transformed Autograph into an organisation with a powerful mission statement
Working class under-represented in curator and archivist roles
Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre finds class disparities in creative jobs
Cultural venues among those recognised in disabled access awards
Barbican, Beamish and Culloden Battlefield all featured in Euan’s Guide initiative
The answer to diversifying museums is already there, outside our doors
Birmingham Museums has been working hard to diversify its staff, programming and audiences. We have had successes in increasing the representation of the people of Birmingham and their stories within our programmes and collections. Our workforce has had black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) managers, senior managers and trustees. We have won awards and recognition …
Women share #MuseumMeToo stories in wake of Erie Art Museum scandal
Sexual impropriety in sector highlighted as US museum director is forced out over allegations