Tories want a US style philantropy culture for UK Museums
The Tories, according to Salon IFA are hoping to move UK museums into a US style culture dependent upon charity rather than public funding.
Salon 227 reports:
'No quick fix for arts funding
An incoming Conservative Government would introduce a ‘mixed economy’ for museums, according to speeches made recently by Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt. ‘We want to lay the foundations of an American philanthropy culture’, he told a recent ‘State of the Arts’ conference: ‘We would offer five years of funding in return for a commitment to build up endowments, so developing a philanthropy culture.’
Museum and gallery directors have received the idea with caution, warning that ‘it doesn’t take five years to build up endowments; it takes twenty to thirty years of sustained effort and investment’. Arts and Business, which acts as a marriage broker between business sponsors and needy arts organisations, warned that there has been a 7 per cent fall in private investment in arts in the UK this year, and that an estimated 10,000 arts organisations have ceased operating over the last twelve months.
Salon 227 reports:
'No quick fix for arts funding
An incoming Conservative Government would introduce a ‘mixed economy’ for museums, according to speeches made recently by Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt. ‘We want to lay the foundations of an American philanthropy culture’, he told a recent ‘State of the Arts’ conference: ‘We would offer five years of funding in return for a commitment to build up endowments, so developing a philanthropy culture.’
Museum and gallery directors have received the idea with caution, warning that ‘it doesn’t take five years to build up endowments; it takes twenty to thirty years of sustained effort and investment’. Arts and Business, which acts as a marriage broker between business sponsors and needy arts organisations, warned that there has been a 7 per cent fall in private investment in arts in the UK this year, and that an estimated 10,000 arts organisations have ceased operating over the last twelve months.
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