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More job losses at National Museums Liverpool as it slashes costs

MORE redundancies are being made at National Museums Liverpool (NML) as the organisation battles funding cuts.

MORE redundancies are being made at National Museums Liverpool (NML) as the organisation battles funding cuts.

A total of 53 staff are due to leave by July 31 as part of NML’s drive to reduce its annual spending by £3m per year.

The job losses, which are all voluntary, include staff from a number of departments such as curatorial, visitor services, collections management, education, exhibitions, finance, HR and communications.

Two earlier voluntary severance schemes were taken up by 34 people – bringing the total number of job losses so far to 87. The organisation said further redundancies were “unavoidable.”

NML director Dr David Fleming said: “The loss of key people will undoubtedly have an impact on what we can offer to our visitors.

“I am very saddened at having to say goodbye to these staff, each of whom has played a part in making National Museums Liverpool the success story that it is – a museum service that is much loved and valued by the people of Merseyside.

“The funding situation is very bad and is likely to get worse. We are continuing to work on making savings. We will continue to look at alternatives – but further job losses are unavoidable.”

Senior managers are now beginning to look at a restructure of the scaled-down organisation.

Among the options being considered are closing display galleries to the public, staging fewer exhibitions and introducing admission charges for special exhibitions and events.

NML is made up of eight venues which attract more than 3m visitors every year. It operates the World Museum, the Walker Art Gallery, Merseyside Maritime Museum, International Slavery Museum, UK Border Agency National Museum, Sudley House, the Lady Lever Art Gallery and the new Museum of Liverpool.

Its collections are among the most important and varied in Europe and contain everything from Impressionist paintings and rare beetles to a lifejacket from the Titanic.

 

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