Sharon Heal
Sharon Heal
Director, Museums Association
Disappointment over DCMS’ ‘paltry’ increase in funding for museums
Museums lost out to sport in the funding settlement announced by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) last month. Sport received an increase of 31 per cent, while culture as a whole got just 3.5 per cent, taking no account of inflation. The 22 national museums were awarded an uplift in revenue of …
MA conference to launch museums strategy
Long-awaited national strategy to be unveiled in Liverpool in October
Shortlist dispels fears over Art Fund Prize bias
Judges go for diverse range of museums for final shortlist
Threat to William Morris Gallery
Council talks about creating a museum of arts and crafts could be final nail in coffin
Editorial: The summer of sustainability?
Last month I gave a lecture at the University of the Arts in London as part of its Museum Of… project. Groups of students on various courses have been charged with creating a Museum Of… whatever they like and I was asked to talk about the issues that museums and galleries will have to address …