{"id":1516,"date":"2021-12-13T13:51:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mduk.org.uk\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2022-02-08T11:07:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T11:07:08","slug":"annual-museum-survey-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mduk.org.uk\/annual-museum-survey-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Museum Survey 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new report by Museum Development England reveals the far reaching impact of the Pandemic on 765 museums and their audiences, finances and workforce.\u00a0 It highlights the significant differences in how this impact has been felt across the sector depending on key factors such as the region a museum is located in or whether it is based in an urban or rural setting.<\/p>\n

Operating since 2018, The Annual Museum Survey 2021<\/a> compares data with previous years to understand the depth of this impact and the pressures it has placed on the museum sector\u2019s paid and volunteer workforce.\u00a0\u00a0 Those museums with larger audience numbers, Local Authority museums, museum services operating multiple museum sites and museums based in urban areas all appear to have been hit hardest.\u00a0 In relation to their fellow museums, they have reported greater income losses, made more staff redundancies and experienced a deeper loss of volunteer capacity.<\/p>\n

The key insights include:<\/p>\n