Opinion
Engaging a young audience through Circuit
The challenges of getting young audiences to engage in the arts via galleries and museums include a lack of connection and sense of belonging, the spaces provided, and artistic and learning programme sign-posting. Though galleries and museums across the country are producing excellent projects and programmes, they need sustainable long-term resources and funding to deliver …
Changing the way in which we recruit
Investment in young talent is vital for the survival of the cultural heritage sector. Yet with budgets facing erosion, swathes of the sector are struggling to recruit and train new members of the workforce. As a result, many organisations are turning to unpaid staff to plug the gap. In fact, 51% of people in the …
Give children their rights to culture
I visited Stockholm recently to see the Vasa, a jaw-droppingly beautiful ship that sank in 1628. It is now housed within a museum that was built around it after its long salvage operation. I was particularly struck by a sign in the museum alerting visitors to the fact that a new education space is under way: …