Analysis

What does the crisis mean for museum membership schemes?

Many organisations are focusing on retention through exclusive content

Employment during the pandemic: how are museums doing?

Normal rules have gone out the window and many workers feel let down - but there's also praise for how employers have handled a difficult situation

How are museums collecting during coronavirus lockdown?

Museums urged to consider ethics as collecting projects get underway

How are museum staff faring during closures?

Fears for job security and pay protection

Strategies offer Scotland’s museums a path through an uncertain decade

Culture strategy and delivery plan put museums at heart of agendas like place-making and climate crisis

Climate change and tourism are some of the issues facing museums in the south west

Development agency conducts review of museums in the region

Museums step up efforts to return Nazi-era spoliated art

Appointment by Louvre signals more proactive approach

Valuation Office Agency to appeal landmark business rates ruling on museums

Judgment could result in significant savings for many institutions but the result is not yet secure 

Does change in Whitehall mean change for the sector?

The Conservative Party’s landslide victory in December will allow the government to reshape policy – and there are already rumours that the DCMS will be axed. Geraldine Kendall Adams assesses how the cultural landscape may evolve over the next five years

Museums focus on tackling climate crisis to become more environmentally sustainable

Sector builds on progress last year and continues to take measures

Cultural equality and environment central to new arts council strategy

Taking a fresh look at what culture is for 

New research into Egyptian mummies leads to calls for major ethical review

Critics raise concerns after academics recreate "voice" of Nesyamun