National museums are starting to feel the bite of the funding cuts, with redundancies and staffing reviews announced at the British Library, National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI), British Museum and Imperial War Museum (IWM).
The British Library will cut 215 jobs over the next three years, and will reprioritise its activities to make savings in acquisitions, preservation and facilities management. The library also plans to introduce charges for temporary exhibitions in its Paccar Gallery later this year.
The NMSI is consulting staff over 40 proposed redundancies across the Science Museum, National Railway Museum and National Media Museum, as part of a restructure.
The NMSI has also frozen recruitment and is introducing fixed-term contracts for some roles.
An NMSI spokeswoman said: “It is anticipated that some full-time posts will be lost. Where possible, these will be through natural turnover and voluntary redundancy, but it is also intended for some new positions to be created as part of the restructure.”
The British Museum is consulting on 23 job losses: 11 in the Paul Hamlyn Library, eight in capital projects and estates, and four across other departments. The museum reduced Thursday night opening hours, as well as those for the Great Court, in January.
The IWM ran a voluntary redundancy scheme in February, when six staff left. It is now consulting on one compulsory redundancy. A spokeswoman for the museum said it was focusing on “invest to save” projects, prioritising initiatives to boost income through philanthropy and commercial opportunities.
English Heritage is also consulting staff over redundancies, and announced last year that it would restructure the organisation and lose at least 200 posts to meet its funding cuts. The full number of redundancies will not be known until the end of the consultation process later this year.
The British Library will cut 215 jobs over the next three years, and will reprioritise its activities to make savings in acquisitions, preservation and facilities management. The library also plans to introduce charges for temporary exhibitions in its Paccar Gallery later this year.
The NMSI is consulting staff over 40 proposed redundancies across the Science Museum, National Railway Museum and National Media Museum, as part of a restructure.
The NMSI has also frozen recruitment and is introducing fixed-term contracts for some roles.
An NMSI spokeswoman said: “It is anticipated that some full-time posts will be lost. Where possible, these will be through natural turnover and voluntary redundancy, but it is also intended for some new positions to be created as part of the restructure.”
The British Museum is consulting on 23 job losses: 11 in the Paul Hamlyn Library, eight in capital projects and estates, and four across other departments. The museum reduced Thursday night opening hours, as well as those for the Great Court, in January.
The IWM ran a voluntary redundancy scheme in February, when six staff left. It is now consulting on one compulsory redundancy. A spokeswoman for the museum said it was focusing on “invest to save” projects, prioritising initiatives to boost income through philanthropy and commercial opportunities.
English Heritage is also consulting staff over redundancies, and announced last year that it would restructure the organisation and lose at least 200 posts to meet its funding cuts. The full number of redundancies will not be known until the end of the consultation process later this year.
