The Museums and Galleries History Group recently ran a competition for new blogs about any aspect of museum history, and my entry won a prize. I looked at data on hundreds of museum closures to see what it could tell us about how long museums survive:
All closures in the UK since 1960 have been recorded by the Mapping Museums project, and as the project’s database includes the opening and closing dates for most of these museums, it’s possible to get an insight into how long museums typically last before they shut. What can examining the lifespans of those closures tell us about the nature of the UK’s museum sector?
You can read the whole thing here: http://www.mghg.info/blog/2023/1/15/how-long-do-museums-last