Mass extinction

Future Publishing Ltd, 121–141 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London W2 6JR 0330 390 6591; www.countrylife.co.uk ART literacy is in peril. Not only is the subject disappearing from school curricula, but the numbers of local-authority museums are plummeting, felled by the lethal barrage of cost cuts and the pandemic. Research by the Mapping Museum Lab at Birkbeck, University of London and King’s College London shows a loss of more than 70 between 2000 and 2024. It is not all gloomy news—the data also indicates that, in the past 24 years, more museums have opened than closed in the UK, driven by private or other independent initiatives. Nonetheless, the demise of ‘neighbourhood’ museums is concerning because they are the first, most accessible door to art and heritage. Their closure means that the very young, the…

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Country Life (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 12, 2025

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