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Arts Council England Announce £60m Museum Funding from Cumbria to Exeter; Sheffield & East Midlands Lose Out
Sixteen Museum partnerships and consortia are to receive a total of £20m per annum for three years through the Arts Council, namely:
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Beamish and Bowes Museum
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Birmingham Museums Trust (Birmingham City Council, Thinktank)
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Bristol City Council
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Cumbria Museums Consortium (Tullie House, Wordsworth Trust, Lakeland Arts Trust)
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Horniman Museum and Gardens
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Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
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Leeds Museums and Galleries
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Manchester Partnership (Manchester City Galleries, Manchester Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery)
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Museum of London
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Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service
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Oxford University Museums and Oxfordshire County Museums Service
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Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter and Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
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Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton and Hove
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Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums
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University of Cambridge Museums
- York Museums Trust
To quote the Museums Association coverage - "Museums Sheffield, which also made an unsuccessful application, has vowed to appeal the decision. Nick Dodd, the chief executive of Museums Sheffield, said: "This is bitterly disappointing news. Funding from the outgoing Renaissance in the Regions scheme has transformed the quality of museum and gallery provision in Sheffield over the past 8 years. We know we put together a compelling case for continued funding under the new Arts Council grants programme, which met all the published criteria.
"This decision will have a devastating impact and leaves Sheffield, South Yorkshire and the East Midlands grossly under-funded by the Arts Council in comparison with other parts of the country. We fully intend to appeal and will be questioning the Arts Council’s strategic and geographical distribution of this public money."
Guardian report >>
ACE press release >>
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