London Museums Group Meeting

I attended a meeting of the the London Museums Group held a meeting on 9th Jan at MLA, London.
Full minutes of the meeting will be available soon on the LMG pages of MLA, London

We received reports/presentations from Alison Hems on plans for consultation re Hub plans for 2008-10; from Marc Prescott re GLA cultural plans, and Carol Dixon of MLA, London, re plans for strategic commissioning in the education sector.
Marc Prescott reported that GLA cultural projects for 2007 were:
March - East - projects about the East End
May - Late London - projects to boost late night Cultural Activities
July - Sept - India Festival
2008 China in London festival
Opportunities for involvement by Museums in all of them and some limited grants.
We discussed:
  • threats to closure of several museums
  • High cost of membership of VisitLondon and problems if Museums excluded from VisitLondon schemes
  • Need to increase coverage of Museums in Time Out
  • Need to improve communications between Hub, MLA, London, LMG and museums in London
  • Support for Small Museums group and Museums Month
  • 'Understanding the Future' museums and 21st Century life
Amongst other items but please visit the web site for the minutes.

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