The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) has to reduce its expenditure by 3 per cent this financial year.
As a result it has written to all Renaissance in the Regions hubs asking them to indicate where they will cut 2.4 per cent off their budgets by Friday 11 June.
A spokesman for the MLA said it was reducing its core expenditure by 3 per cent and that its overheads were already down to 4.1 per cent of its total budget.
Other cuts to MLA funded projects include a 6.5 per cent reduction for the Find Your Talent scheme, which is run by Culture, Creativity and Education.
The MLA spokesman said the larger cut in this area was because the scheme had not been rolled out as anticipated.
The Strategic Commissioning programme, which funds education partnerships between national and regional museums and other education projects, will be cut by 3 per cent.
Other MLA-funded organisations are facing smaller cuts. The Collections Trust and Culture24 are both being cut by 2 per cent.
Mark Taylor, the director of the Museums Association, said the cuts were the “calm before the storm”.
“There’s so much still to be sorted out in terms of the continuation of the MLA and Renaissance. The next round of cuts has to be based on longer-term strategic thinking.” He added that he thought the hubs should now be preparing for bigger cuts in the next financial year.
The MLA spokesman said the funding of Renaissance after this financial year was being considered as part of the current consultation on its future direction.
A source close to one of the hub museums said that it was galling that they were being asked to find savings by the MLA when it had given money back to the department for culture last year.
Cuts 2010-11 (£)
East of England: 110,224
East Midlands: 97,901
London: 143,514
North East: 86,229
North West: 124,031
South East: 146,004
South West: 115,660
West Midlands: 114,680
Yorkshire: 105,467
Total: 1,043,711
For more about the Renaissance consultation, click here
To make a comment on the cuts and the up-coming budget, click here
As a result it has written to all Renaissance in the Regions hubs asking them to indicate where they will cut 2.4 per cent off their budgets by Friday 11 June.
A spokesman for the MLA said it was reducing its core expenditure by 3 per cent and that its overheads were already down to 4.1 per cent of its total budget.
Other cuts to MLA funded projects include a 6.5 per cent reduction for the Find Your Talent scheme, which is run by Culture, Creativity and Education.
The MLA spokesman said the larger cut in this area was because the scheme had not been rolled out as anticipated.
The Strategic Commissioning programme, which funds education partnerships between national and regional museums and other education projects, will be cut by 3 per cent.
Other MLA-funded organisations are facing smaller cuts. The Collections Trust and Culture24 are both being cut by 2 per cent.
Mark Taylor, the director of the Museums Association, said the cuts were the “calm before the storm”.
“There’s so much still to be sorted out in terms of the continuation of the MLA and Renaissance. The next round of cuts has to be based on longer-term strategic thinking.” He added that he thought the hubs should now be preparing for bigger cuts in the next financial year.
The MLA spokesman said the funding of Renaissance after this financial year was being considered as part of the current consultation on its future direction.
A source close to one of the hub museums said that it was galling that they were being asked to find savings by the MLA when it had given money back to the department for culture last year.
Cuts 2010-11 (£)
East of England: 110,224
East Midlands: 97,901
London: 143,514
North East: 86,229
North West: 124,031
South East: 146,004
South West: 115,660
West Midlands: 114,680
Yorkshire: 105,467
Total: 1,043,711
For more about the Renaissance consultation, click here
To make a comment on the cuts and the up-coming budget, click here