Thatcher and UK museums
April 9 2013
Picture: Philip Mould/Historical Portraits. Margaret Thatcher by Michael Noakes
In The Art Newspaper, Anna Somers Cocks says that Mrs Thatcher made UK museums into world leaders:
[...] in her belief that public institutions should give value for money and be accountable, but also masters of their own fate, she was indirectly responsible for reforms to Britain’s national museums that helped make them the flexible and creative places they are today. Her reforms in public funding gave them the freedom to manage their own financial affairs, raise money from the private sector and run publishing and merchandising companies.
More here.
Update - Will Gompertz on Thatcher and artists here.
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