UK Gov To Museums: Get More Kids, Poor People In The Doors (Or Else!)

The British government says that if museums don’t increase the numbers of children and economically poor visitors, they may lose funding. “A spokesman for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) told us that if a museum fails to achieve its targets for no good reason, “we could withhold extra grant which might otherwise have been allocated to it in the next spending review.” He added that “we could also seek changes in the museum’s governance”—which means that trustees or the chairman might be replaced.”