Sharon Heal

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Sharon Heal

Director, Museums Association

National strategy on way

Three years after the DCMS consultation, a museum strategy is expected next month

Conservative party plans a department for culture

Review suggests radical infrastructure shake-up

CSR: the facts behind the spin

What does the Comprehensive Spending Review really mean for museums?

MLA to reduce staff in London by 70 per cent

Staff managing specific programmes and in corporate services to be relocated to Birmingham

Capital investment is announced

DCMS reveals capital allocation of £191m for national museums

Human remains policy is criticised

English Heritage questions Manchester Museum's human remains policy

New chief at IWM revealed

Imperial War Museum announces successor to Robert Crawford

Mosi director Griffin quits

Move comes weeks after news of a £54m revamp

Science centres: hard facts needed

Report says that science centres need to prove their worth to earn government cash

Debate hots up over possibility of a single funding body for museums

The majority of national museum directors now support the creation of a single funding body for museums, according to Mark Wood, the chairman of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Wood told Museums Journal that creating a national strategic body with overall funding responsibility should be one of the government’s top priorities. His remarks followed …

Scottish tourism relies on museums, says SMC study

Museums and galleries are one of the main reasons that tourists visit Scotland, according to a report published last mont

Shake-up could mean loss of museum post

Head of museum policy becomes director of programme delivery for the cultural olympiad