UK museum collecting at risk from lack of funding, report warns

Investigation by Sir David Cannadine for Art Fund paints ‘deeply depressing’ picture

Museum collections in the UK are at risk of becoming “inert and lifeless” unless more money is invested for them to buy objects, according to a report.

An investigation by the historian Sir David Cannadine, published on Thursday, looks at museum collecting from the 1830s to the present day and paints a “deeply depressing” and “shocking” picture of the current funding landscape.