Independent museums

Independent museums in Scotland call for urgent rescue package

Half of independents say they will be in financial crisis by the end of summer

Writers’ museums fear Covid-19 crisis is the start of a difficult new chapter

Lockdown could push many literary institutions to the brink

Museums warn of insolvency after coronavirus shutdown

Creswell Crags and National Videogame Museum say they may not be able to reopen

Struggling Royal Cornwall Museum forced to close for eight months

Staff made redundant as museum takes ‘radical actions’ to secure future

Gairloch Museum, Ross and Cromarty

Community is at the heart of everything this museum in the Scottish Highlands does – and it is paying off

Museum of… British Lawnmower Museum, Merseyside

Louise Gray learns all about the UK’s rich history of lawnmowing

Museum of… The Cartoon Museum, London

This relocated museum, which is designed as a 3D comic strip, reflects Fitzrovia’s cartoon heritage