Analysis
Fears of Brexit fallout grow
Sector concerned over the uncertainty surrounding foreign workers, problems with staff recruitment and retention, and potential cuts to funding
Anxiety over student visa plan
Museum studies academics concerned that proposals for two-tier system could deter overseas students from applying
Institutions increase focus on environmental sustainability
As well as reducing their carbon footprints, museums are leading discussions on shaping a more sustainable future
Brexit could be a severe blow for arts in Northern Ireland
Geraldine Kendall Adams on the impact of Brexit in Northern Ireland, where the EU provides significant funds to the culture sector, and there are concerns that museums could find it hard to maintain cross-border relationships with their Irish counterparts
Threat to museums grows
Small and medium-sized museums are increasingly under threat of closure as a result of the pressure on local authorities to make significant cost savings
England’s nationals suffer fall in visitor numbers
Central London attractions hit by a lack of major temporary exhibitions, fears about terrorism and a fall in the number of leisure visitors
First recipients of Northern Irish local arts fund named
Arts council’s Challenge Fund initiative to provide £150,000 to encourage 10 councils outside Belfast to bolster the provision of arts in their local area
Bodies team up to lobby select committee into rural tourism
Submission calls for recognition of the importance of local tourism and asserts that museums’ role is ‘critical’
The appliance of science
As demographics change, science centres will need to work hard to engage as wide and diverse an audience as possible, or risk becoming obsolete.
Museums play the long game with endowments
Over the past six years, the government has encouraged museums, galleries and other cultural organisations to focus more on philanthropy, including raising funds for endowments. But the initiative has had mixed success, reports Geraldine Kendall Adams