The Museums Association (MA) has said it will repeat its survey on the impact of cuts on museum services across the UK.
Mark Taylor, the MA’s director, said: “As valuable as the information that we gathered for the survey in July this year was, that value would be greatly enhanced by looking at the figures year-on- year.
“The MA will look to hold a similar survey in 2012 in order to extract useful data about long-term trends, allowing us to advocate in a more informed and purposeful way.
“The recent survey led to extensive coverage in national and local media, and raised the issue of the plight of those museums suffering the effects of devastating funding cuts.”
The survey found that a fifth of museums have seen their budgets cut by 25% or more, leading them to lay off staff, reduce opening hours and cut back on education, outreach and public events.
The survey also highlighted anger and frustration in the sector over the scale and depth of the cuts, with 46%of respondents saying they expected the quality of service in their museum to decrease over the coming year.
www.museumsassociation.org/cutsmonitor
Mark Taylor, the MA’s director, said: “As valuable as the information that we gathered for the survey in July this year was, that value would be greatly enhanced by looking at the figures year-on- year.
“The MA will look to hold a similar survey in 2012 in order to extract useful data about long-term trends, allowing us to advocate in a more informed and purposeful way.
“The recent survey led to extensive coverage in national and local media, and raised the issue of the plight of those museums suffering the effects of devastating funding cuts.”
The survey found that a fifth of museums have seen their budgets cut by 25% or more, leading them to lay off staff, reduce opening hours and cut back on education, outreach and public events.
The survey also highlighted anger and frustration in the sector over the scale and depth of the cuts, with 46%of respondents saying they expected the quality of service in their museum to decrease over the coming year.
www.museumsassociation.org/cutsmonitor
