National Museums Liverpool is to axe 53 jobs in the next two months, as its head warned that its cash woes are likely to get even worse.
The organisation, which runs the Walker Art Gallery, World Museum, Museum of Liverpool and Maritime Mueum, among others, has been ordered the Government to reduce its annual spending by £3million.
NML is seeking voluntary redundancies from right across the organisation including curatorial, visitor services, collections management, education, exhibitions, finance, HR and communications.
Two earlier voluntary severance schemes were taken up by 34 people.
Saddened
Dr David Fleming, director of National Museums Liverpool, said: "The loss of key people will undoubtedly have an impact on what we can offer to our visitors.
David Fleming“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.”
In March, NML announced it was considering closing display galleries, staging fewer exhibitions, and introducing admission charges for special exhibitions and events.
Now that the voluntary severance scheme is complete, senior managers are beginning to look at a restructure of the organisation.
