£6.2m funding lifeline for Wales' National Library and Museum

New funding from the Welsh Government will provide £6.2m for the National Library of Wales and Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.

Over the 2020/21 and 2021/22 financial years the library will receive £2.25m and the museum £3.95m.

Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism, Lord Elis-Thomas said: “I am pleased to announce this funding which will safeguard and support two of our most important cultural institutions during this very challenging period.

“We have been in continuous contact with the Library and with Amgueddfa Cymru for quite some time, and are taking steps to protect jobs and to ensure the sustainability of these bodies, who are responsible for caring for our national collections on behalf of the people of Wales.”