Recently, Britain’s Prime Minister once again tried to enthuse people for his ‘Big Society’ idea. In the words of the Big Society Network: ‘The Big Society is a society in which individual citizens feel big: big in terms of being supported and enabled; having real and regular influence; being capable of creating change in their … Continue reading Can volunteers sustain a successful museum?
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Budget cuts: What Sense of Heritage Will We Have Left?
The latest issue of the UK Museums Journal gives plenty of evidence of the impact budget cuts have on the museums and heritage sector. English Heritage is about to shut down its entire (!) outreach department, the Victoria and Albert Museum has downgraded its post of Director of Learning and Interpretation to Head of Education … Continue reading Budget cuts: What Sense of Heritage Will We Have Left?
Another Highland Clearance?
This month's Museums Journal (UK) reports on the Highland Council's public consultation on, among others, the potential for closing museums to achieve budget savings. There is an air of simplism about how the questions are put to the public that raises concerns over what value - if any - the council assigns to museums. 'The … Continue reading Another Highland Clearance?
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