
Museum admission fees ‘raise little income and keep out potential visitors’
A study by US-based research project Remuseum has found museums in the United States that do not charge entry typically have lower…
A study by US-based research project Remuseum has found museums in the United States that do not charge entry typically have lower…
Visitor numbers to the UK’s leading attractions reached 157.2 million in 2024, according to figures published by the Association…
The Grange Festival in Hampshire has appointed GUY VERRALL-WITHERS to the new role of director of audiences and impact. He will be…
Although the pandemic brought better insight, the picture is complicated by the effects of the poly-crisis. The Audience Agency’…
Amid funding cuts, operational challenges and shifting audience behaviours, David Reece explores how the arts can take inspiration…
The National Football Museum celebrated record attendance in 2023/24, according to a report released by the organisation. The muse…
Users and non-users of theatres are likely to express different preferences for maintenance works at theatres, according to the fi…
Plymouth Culture has secured £1.6m from Arts Council England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund for a project to engage its r…
Hidden within public data about museum engagement are some unexpected insights. Guy Turton of Morris Hargreaves McIntyre has been…
The UK’s concert halls are a valuable economic resource we need to protect, says Kevin Appleby, chair of the British Association…
The UK’s concert halls generated over £328 million for the economy last year, with classical and orchestral music accounting fo…
There were almost 12 million visits to museums and galleries sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) betwe…
Benji Wiedemann, of brand consultancy company Wiedemann Lampe, says museums need to think more about their cultural purpose and co…
Independent Venue Community says it wants to unlock the daytime potential of independent music venues, starting with a pilot progr…
Analysis of grassroots music venue closures during last year finds the North West to be the most impacted area, followed by London…
Arts and cultural marketers are inspirational. Despite the challenges organisations are facing, they remain optimistic and passion…
Stagetext, a Colchester-based deaf access charity, has received a £20,000 grant from the National Lottery Community Fund. Th…
A new, first of its kind survey for Northern Ireland hightlights how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting arts audiences. The IM…
Proportion of people attending arts events on a weekly basis has fallen by 14 percentage points over the last two years, according…
Change of name to the Royal Ballet and Opera forms part of a series of measures designed to increase income for the organisation i…
Solid year-on-year rise in attendence figures for UK visitor attractions, but the total remains 11% down on pre-pandemic levels.
Research into the behaviour of new arts audiences post-pandemic found the retention rate of new bookers in 2023 was higher than it…
Contract for Illuminate data platform ends in March 2026, a year ahead of the end of the recently extended National Portfolio for…
Nearly a year into the latest investment round, many National Portfolio Organisations are finding the new reporting requirements u…