National Museums Liverpool (NML) estimates that it will have to lose 120 jobs by 2014 in order to meet a £3m funding deficit created by the fall in grant in aid.
The museum has lost 34 jobs in the past year through voluntary redundancy and early retirement and is now consulting on voluntary redundancies for the third time in 18 months.
Director David Fleming said NML had recently introduced an admission charge for an exhibition for the first time in 10 years, and may have to charge for more exhibitions in the future.
Many other nationals are also restructuring and making redundancies in order to meet funding cuts. The National Museum of Science and Industry has made two redundancies in the past year and is consulting on a planned restructure that will result in staffing budgets being reduced by 10%.
The museum has also frozen recruitment and lost posts through natural turnover. The People’s History Museum in Manchester has introduced a recruitment freeze that has led to the deletion of several gallery assistant posts, while a senior curator post has been left open since 2010.
The closure of the British Museum’s Paul Hamlyn Library last August saw the loss of nine staff, with two more redeployed to other roles, while a restructure of its capital projects and estates department led to eight redundancies and one redeployment. A further three specialist posts in the museum’s directorate were deleted following voluntary redundancies.
Tate has suffered 13 voluntary redundancies and six compulsory redundancies in the past year. The Imperial War Museum has made two compulsory redundancies, while seven posts were deleted following a voluntary redundancy scheme in February 2011.
The National Gallery has deleted 41.8 full-time equivalent posts in the past year as a result of natural turnover across several departments including education, exhibitions, finance, curatorial and conservation.
The museum has lost 34 jobs in the past year through voluntary redundancy and early retirement and is now consulting on voluntary redundancies for the third time in 18 months.
Director David Fleming said NML had recently introduced an admission charge for an exhibition for the first time in 10 years, and may have to charge for more exhibitions in the future.
Many other nationals are also restructuring and making redundancies in order to meet funding cuts. The National Museum of Science and Industry has made two redundancies in the past year and is consulting on a planned restructure that will result in staffing budgets being reduced by 10%.
The museum has also frozen recruitment and lost posts through natural turnover. The People’s History Museum in Manchester has introduced a recruitment freeze that has led to the deletion of several gallery assistant posts, while a senior curator post has been left open since 2010.
The closure of the British Museum’s Paul Hamlyn Library last August saw the loss of nine staff, with two more redeployed to other roles, while a restructure of its capital projects and estates department led to eight redundancies and one redeployment. A further three specialist posts in the museum’s directorate were deleted following voluntary redundancies.
Tate has suffered 13 voluntary redundancies and six compulsory redundancies in the past year. The Imperial War Museum has made two compulsory redundancies, while seven posts were deleted following a voluntary redundancy scheme in February 2011.
The National Gallery has deleted 41.8 full-time equivalent posts in the past year as a result of natural turnover across several departments including education, exhibitions, finance, curatorial and conservation.
