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Article: Renewed financial crisis at British Museum raises question of blame ANALYSIS: High-profile debacles mask huge fall in funding levels
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 21, 2002
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SINCE A scathing report revealed six years ago that the British
Museum did not employ a single accountant, a giant question mark has
hovered over any discussion of its finances and governance.
And with the financial position deteriorating, the question of who
is to blame will once again be asked.
The recent debacle over the museum's failure to spot that the
wrong type of stone was used for the Great Court development makes it
tempting to conclude that the management still has not got its eye on
the ball.
Some museum observers suspect that the British Museum comes
nowhere near the tight financial ship of, for example, the Tate.
But the fundamental problem remains that the British Museum ...