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An Action Framework for Museums
Purpose and Scope of Consultation
In his announcement of the consultation exercise, and at the supporting conference in Edinburgh in November 2002, the then Minister for Tourism Culture and Sport asked the museums and galleries sector for their views on how a number of key issues might be addressed within the constraints of existing resources.
The key issues for comment were identified as:
Roles and structures
The respective roles of the Executive, National Museums of Scotland, National Galleries of Scotland, and local authorities
The role and structure of the Scottish Museums Council (SMC)
The scope for partnership between national and non-national institutions
Funding
How to promote sustainability
How to work with other funders
The future of the strategic change fund
The contribution to wider agendas
Social priorities - education, social justice, and equality
Economic priorities - regeneration, tourism
How to develop and maintain wider audiences
The important contribution of volunteers in the sector
Professional Issues
Issues around care of collections, for instance the distribution and availability of curatorial expertise
Building greater capacity within the sector, for instance on education or assisting museums in securing funding
The potential of Information Technology
The development of a framework of standards
Performance Indicators for the sector
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