Arts Council England yesterday named the 16 organisations which are to become its Renaissance Major Partners for museum services. The list (see below) has generally been well-received; see, for instance, Maurice Davies of the Museums Association here. There were, inevitably, some which missed out. Perhaps the most notable was Museums Sheffield, which reacted angrily to the news.The successful applicants were:
- Beamish and Bowes Museum
- Birmingham Museums Trust (Birmingham City Council, Thinktank)
- Bristol City Council
- Cumbria Museums Consortium (Tullie House, Wordsworth Trust, Lakeland Arts Trust)
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
- Leeds Museums and Galleries
- Manchester Partnership (Manchester City Galleries, Manchester Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery)
- Museum of London
- Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service
- Oxford University Museums and Oxfordshire County Museums Service
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter and Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
- Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton and Hove
- Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums
- University of Cambridge Museums
- York Museums Trust
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