Charlotte Holmes, Museums Association Iain Watson, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Tamsin Russell, Scottish Museums Federation Presentation for the Museums Galleries Scotland 'Fortune Favours the Brave' conference, September 2013.

3. Iain Watson,
Director, Tyne & Wear
Archives & Museums
@iainawatson

4. Old museum/new museum
• Museums are provided on behalf of their audiences and
audiences are expected to accept what is provided
• Audiences are active participants and not passive consumers
of information; they are involved in shaping their museum
• In the entrepreneurial museum they are also involved in its
success and resilience
Deutsches Auswandererhaus, Bremerhaven

5. Before the Crash
• Steady increase in public finances and grants
(HLF/ACE/Renaissance)
• Sector growth – millennium developments
etc.
• Greater emphasis on social model –
engagement
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

6. Museums Association Cuts Survey 2012
31% of respondents experienced a budget cut of more
than 10% in the past year alone.
22% of respondents have reduced access to sites by
closing whole or parts of sites, permanently or
temporarily.
More than a third of museums who responded to our
2011 and 2012 surveys had experienced a cut of over
35% over the two years, leading to reduced staff and
reduced public services.
By 2016 national museums in England may have had
their funding from government cut by almost 30%.
This decline in the UK’s world-class museums coincides
with increasing demand for museums 52% of the UK
population visited a museum in 2012/23 - a significant
increase from 42% in 2005/06.
UK museum closures since 2005
http://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/funding-cuts/19062013-museum-closuresmap

7. What has changed
• Rapidly declining public funding, and increased competition
for lottery funding
• Government focus on Philanthropy
• Funding focussed more on sustainability of organisations
• Need to find new ways of plugging the funding gap to deliver
mission

8. Museums value
"at any point of time in a country's history, whether the public
or private sector is larger or smaller, we want to feel that it is a
mark of good citizenship, both locally and centrally, to
contribute to maintaining our museums, our galleries, our
theatres - all those things that give that added dimension to
our lives."
Jennie Lee 'Government and the Arts', Museums Journal 1965
•Intrinsic value
•Social value
•Educational value
•Economic value

9. Virtuous circle
Mission
Mission
can be
delivered
Museums
are more
resilient
Engage
users
Users
contribute

10. I’ve preached for years that
“nonprofit is a tax status, not a
business philosophy.”
http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/challenging-assumptionswho-says.html

12. Iain Watson,
Director, Tyne & Wear
Archives & Museums
@iainawatson

13. Old museum/new museum
• Museums are provided on behalf of their audiences and
audiences are expected to accept what is provided
• Audiences are active participants and not passive consumers
of information; they are involved in shaping their museum
• In the entrepreneurial museum they are also involved in its
success and resilience
Deutsches Auswandererhaus, Bremerhaven

14. Before the Crash
• Steady increase in public finances and grants
(HLF/ACE/Renaissance)
• Sector growth – millennium developments
etc.
• Greater emphasis on social model –
engagement
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

15. Museums Association Cuts Survey 2012
31% of respondents experienced a budget cut of more
than 10% in the past year alone.
22% of respondents have reduced access to sites by
closing whole or parts of sites, permanently or
temporarily.
More than a third of museums who responded to our
2011 and 2012 surveys had experienced a cut of over
35% over the two years, leading to reduced staff and
reduced public services.
By 2016 national museums in England may have had
their funding from government cut by almost 30%.
This decline in the UK’s world-class museums coincides
with increasing demand for museums 52% of the
English population visited a museum in 2012/13 - a
significant increase from 42% in 2005/06. This is not
replicated in Scotland with a figure of 31%
UK museum closures since 2005
http://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/funding-cuts/19062013-museum-closuresmap

16. What has changed
• Rapidly declining public funding, and increased competition
for lottery funding
• Government focus on Philanthropy
• Funding focussed more on sustainability of organisations
• Need to find new ways of plugging the funding gap to deliver
mission

17. Museums value
"at any point of time in a country's history, whether the public
or private sector is larger or smaller, we want to feel that it is a
mark of good citizenship, both locally and centrally, to
contribute to maintaining our museums, our galleries, our
theatres - all those things that give that added dimension to
our lives."
Jennie Lee 'Government and the Arts', Museums Journal 1965
•Intrinsic value
•Social value
•Educational value
•Economic value

18. Virtuous circle
Mission
Mission
can be
delivered
Museums
are more
resilient
Engage
users
Users
contribute

19. I’ve preached for years that
“nonprofit is a tax status, not a
business philosophy.”
http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/challenging-assumptionswho-says.html

24. What do you think?
Which is the area of greatest relevance?
• To you
• To your museum
• To the Scottish museum sector

25. What do you think?
Compare and discuss with the people
next to you.

26. What do you think?
How can you develop in order to meet
this need?

27. Feedback
Share your drawings and ideas with
your table.

28. Feedback
Select one idea to feedback to the group.

29. Q&A

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