The new Mapping Museums report is now out and available online.
After more than two years of concentrated work we have collected data on all the museums that closed in the UK after 2000, why they closed and what happens to their collections.
The headline findings are straightforward: the sector has expanded in size since 2000, and when museums did close, their collections were commonly transferred to other museums. That picture becomes rather more complex when we look at which museums closed and opened, and at all the other outcomes of collections disposal.
To find out more read the report (bit.ly/4iAnp7Z)
Or use our new web application: (mappingmuseums.shinyapps.io/mappingmuseums)