UK museums and galleries hold around 1 billion artefacts in trust for society.
That’s about 17 things for every man, woman and child in the UK.
 

clmg believes... The 2,500 museums and galleries in the UK are a national learning infrastructure second only to schools.   The thing museums can and should be for is learning.   Objects are there for people. Collections exist to be used.   Museum boundaries should be drawn around people, not buildings.   Museum learning isn’t just the three R’s, it’s the three I’s: Inspiration; Imagination; and Insight.  It’s as much about the moral, spiritual, cultural and democratic forces that bind societies together, as it is about knowledge.   Museums and galleries should be defined by what they do, as much as by what they hold.   Museums and galleries can change lives.