In an article originally published in Apollo magazine's September issue, Jake Wakefield examined the numerous issues facing our regional galleries and museums.  As an organisation supporting and championing the interests of museums and galleries across the North West region, we at the NWFed were interested to read what Jack had to say on the key issues he felt regional museums ...

With the on-going threats to funding within the museum, heritage and cultural sector the need to diversify funding sources has become a key concern for many fundraisers working within the sector, but if organisations want to secure long-term, sustainable funding from corporations their fundraisers need to be empowered to negotiate and build partnerships. In response to this issue, Culturehive recently published a conversation between Sarah ...

On 9 October 2015, NWFED member, the Whitworth Art Gallery was named the best emerging cultural destination in Europe at the 2015 edition of the prestigious Leading Cultural Destinations Awards at a ceremony in London. This year, the Leading Culture Destinations awards were divided into five categories with winners selected for:  Exhibitions and Programming, Architecture and Spatial Design, Digital Experience, Eat & Drink ...