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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

School visits to UK museums hit by ‘shortage of means’, philanthropist says

Schoolchildren in the Egyptian area of the musum
Children from St Joseph’s primary school in Camden during a Time Odyssey visit to the British Museum in London. Photograph: Art Explora/British Museum

Smaller UK museums are suffering from a “shortage of means” that leaves them lagging behind their European counterparts, according to a philanthropist who is funding museum trips for thousands of British schoolchildren.

Frédéric Jousset, a French philanthropist who made waves when he founded a mobile museum onboard a €32m catamaran, said British children were missing out on access to the arts because of a lack of investment.

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