IMPACT and ENGAGEMENT

A joint publication of the University Museums Group (UMG) and University Museums in Scotland (UMIS)

“A University Museum is a space to encounter extraordinary collections, take part in intellectually rewarding events, witness inspirational teaching and engage with ground-breaking research”

Published in 2013, this report celebrates the growing success of University museums as part of the UK higher education sector and their unique contribution to the public profile of universities across the UK. University Museums hold 30% of nationally-significant collections but constitute only 4% of England and Wales’ museums. In Scotland, three university museums alone hold 14% of nationally-significant collections.

The report shows how University Museums deliver unique benefits to the HE and wider cultural sector and have demonstrated exceptional performance in leveraging funding, with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) core funding having enabled an increase of non-HE funding by 179 per cent to £20.34 million over the last five years. Resourcing from the Scottish Further and Higher Education Council (SFC) has recently increased its museums, galleries and collections grant to £6 million over five academic years and extended the number of universities receiving the grant from five to nine to include all higher education institutions which have nationally accredited collections.

Read online by clicking on the image below or download the complete document here: Impact and Engagement (2MB pdf).

 

Over 170 university museums and collections in the UK

More than 100 open to the public and 77 Accredited Museums

Holding some of the nation’s most important collections

In England and Wales, we hold 30% of designated collections

Both part of a University and part of the Museum sector

From major visitor attractions to research & teaching collections

Education

Our collections guide and inform HE research as well as community outreach and accessibility.


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