working wonders - action plan for museum workforce
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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.TRANSCRIPT
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Iain Watson, Director, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums@iainawatson
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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
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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
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UK museum closures since 2005http://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/funding-cuts/19062013-museum-closures-map
Museums Association Cuts Survey 201231% 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.
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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
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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
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Mission
Engage users
Users contribute
Museums are more resilient
Mission can be delivered
Virtuous circle
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I’ve preached for years that “nonprofit is a tax status, not a business philosophy.” http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/challenging-assumptions-who-says.html
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Iain Watson, Director, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums@iainawatson
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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
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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
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UK museum closures since 2005http://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/funding-cuts/19062013-museum-closures-map
Museums Association Cuts Survey 201231% 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%
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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
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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
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Mission
Engage users
Users contribute
Museums are more resilient
Mission can be delivered
Virtuous circle
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I’ve preached for years that “nonprofit is a tax status, not a business philosophy.” http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/challenging-assumptions-who-says.html
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What do you think?
Which is the area of greatest relevance?• To you• To your museum• To the Scottish museum sector
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What do you think?
Compare and discuss with the people next to you.
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What do you think?
How can you develop in order to meet this need?
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Feedback
Share your drawings and ideas with your table.
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Feedback
Select one idea to feedback to the group.
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Q&A
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More info…
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