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University of New Hampshire permanently closes its art museum amid budget cuts
In an effort to shave $14m off its projected 2024 budget, UNH will close its campus art museum
UK arts funding: Nottingham institutions under threat as Windsor & Maidenhead pledges to maintain arts services
Austerity continues to bite for art galleries and museums as non-statutory cultural budgets are slashed
UK local council wants to cut all arts funding in latest austerity move
Suffolk County Council wants to slash £500,000 for culture, which could put local museums at risk
Minneapolis Institute of Art announces over $19m in gifts, including funds for a diversity officer, Latin American curator and deputy director
Museum, under pressure to embrace equity while facing revenue losses, says the money will shore up its endowment and operating budget
‘From bad to worse’: over half of US museums have laid off or furloughed staff, survey shows
Museums expect to lose an average of 35% of budgeted income this year, plus an additional 28% in 2021
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Met lays off 79 more employees and furloughs 181, as it faces a ‘very different’ financial picture
Museum hoped to reopen on 29 August but the prospect remains uncertain amid coronavirus restrictions
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When MoMA reopens, its budget will have shrunk by $45m and its staff by 17%
Museum director Glenn D. Lowry describes it as taking a “chainsaw” to spending