Museum attendance
Public Accounts Committee report critical of Victoria & Albert Museum, "Repeat visitors a sign of failure" say politicians
The verbatim account of the committee’s hearings which took place last March makes depressing reading
Victoria & Albert Museum: too posh for the people?
A National Audit Office Report concludes that visitors are discouraged from visiting the institution because of its “highbrow” image
V&A Director Alan Borg says, “The idea of keeping museums separate from the trade needs to disappear, particularly for the contemporary world”
V&A edges toward the cutting edge—and commerce
Interview with Thomas Krens: No populist, no colonialist—just loved by business
One year after the acclaimed opening, the director of New York’s Guggenheim talks about the Bilbao Guggenheim, his money-raising and his new expansion plans Spanish commentators admire the building and its success with the public but some chafe at its artistic dependence on the New York museum
The V&A introduces a £5 admission fee
Income from tickets represented about double the average weekly level of voluntary contributions.
Bold design for new V&A building by Daniel Libeskind, but government cuts force compulsory entrance charge
V&A in brave act of patronage
Guggenheim goes virtual with new high-tech installations
Deutsche Telekom backs struggling SoHo branch
Small dip in V&A numbers...
But Apsley House reaches record numbers following restoration
Victoria & Albert Museum director to become Vice Chancellor of UEA
East Anglia University lures Elizabeth Esteve-Coll
Tate Gallery perseveres with rotating the collections in face of mounting criticism
New antagonism for New Displays as visitor figures drop in London