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May 1, 2014 · Several museum services, including Norfolk, Bristol and Tyne & Wear, have recently established “fundraising foundations” – charitable bodies that can access the same grants and tax breaks available to trusts. Norfolk hopes its new museum development foundation will generate more than £100,000 a year.
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The survey went out in May 2021, collecting over 1,200 responses from a group that is a close demographic match to the adult US population by age, educational attainment, race, and ethnicity.
The core of the survey invited respondents to rank their trust in museums as well as a range of other institutions (including the US government, nonprofits/NGOs generally, news outlets, corporations, and business), as well as their trust in specific types of museums from art museums to zoos. To dig deeper into how trust may vary across difference s...
Museums and Trust 2021 confirms that the public continues to regard museums as highly trustworthy—ranking second only to friends and family, and significantly more trustworthy than researchers and scientists, NGOs generally, various news organizations, the government, corporations and business, and social media. For respondents who had visited a mu...
It is our hope that Museums and Trust 2021 will bolster museum advocacy, making the case for museums as essential public resources. The results reaffirm that, in a time when trust is both a vital and a scarce resource, museums are trusted sources of information, and can be essential partners in helping the public make sound, informed decisions. I l...
Mar 1, 2022 · We do not believe that any museum has the capacity to simply “remain trustworthy,” but must actively and constantly cultivate trust in the hearts and minds of the public by offering them actionable recommendations. We also believe that the time is right for us to explore how museum practice and history has created the risk of reinforcing ...
a rebrand of the sector, this project aims to support museums with the tools and language necessary to better connect with and serve their communities, deepening their relationship, and therefore their relevance, to the Canadian public.
In 2016, 80% of Canadians said museums contribute to the quality of life in their community; it was higher for public libraries (94%). In 2012 (the last year in which the question was asked), most Canadians saw the museum’s roles in preserving the past and educating children as most important (96%).
museum is struggling to adhere to its mission, it is possible that the museum would better serve the community as something else. A museum may be in decline, and ultimately, crisis, but there are options to merge, consolidate, or repurpose, in addition to closing the doors. 4
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Jun 26, 2014 · The task of preserving the memory of the people and the ideas that changed the world falls to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. Set up in 1967, the trust manages 10 museums scattered along...
