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The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is a non-departmental public body in England and a registered charity with a remit to promote improvement and innovation in the area of museums, libraries and archives. It has functions that span the UK and it advises the UK government on policy and priorities for these areas in England, and receives funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The Chairman is Sir Andrew Motion (lately Poet Laureate) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Roy Clare CBE.

[edit] History

The MLA was originally established as the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries in 1931.^[1] It was set up following the recommendations of the Final Report of the Royal Commission on National Museums and Galleries, produced in 1929. The Standing Commission was renamed the Museums and Galleries Commission (MGC) in September 1981 and given additional responsibilities. The MGA was a registered charity and incorporated under a Royal Charter on 1 January 1987. In April 2000, the MGA and the Library and Information Commission were combined into Re:source which was later renamed the MLA Council. The MLA is represented in London by MLA London, a separate charity that receives core funding from the MLA.

In 2003 the MLA was a stakeholder in the Framework for the Future report that set out a vision for the future of public libraries in England. In 2008, working with The National Archives, the MLA developed a consultation document on "21st Century Archives". In 2009 the MLA published "Leading Museums" a vision and action plan for museums.

[edit] External links

Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom

Headquarters: 2–4 Cockspur Street

Ministers

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport · Minister of State for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism · Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State (three)

Executive agencies

Royal Parks Agency

Statutory corporations

Channel Four Television Corporation · Historic Royal Palaces · Horserace Totalisator Board

Public broadcasting
authorities

British Broadcasting Corporation · S4C · Welsh Fourth Channel Authority

Non-departmental public bodies

Executive	Arts Council of England · Big Lottery Fund · British Film Institute · British Library · British Museum · Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment · English Sports Council · Football Licensing Authority · Geffrye Museum · English Heritage · Historic Royal Palaces · Horniman Museum · Horserace Betting Levy Board · Imperial War Museum · Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester · Museums, Libraries and Archives Council · National Gallery · National Heritage Memorial Fund · National Lottery Commission · National Maritime Museum · National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside · National Museum of Science and Industry · National Portrait Gallery · Natural History Museum · Olympic Delivery Authority · Olympic Lottery Distributor · Registrar of Public Lending Right · Royal Armouries Museum · Sir John Soane's Museum · Sport England · Tate · UK Film Council · UK Sport · Victoria and Albert Museum · VisitBritain · Wallace Collection

Advisory	Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites · Advisory Committee on National Historic Ships · Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection · Advisory Council on Libraries · English Marketing Advisory Board · Legal Deposit Advisory Panel · Public Lending Right Advisory Committee · Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest · Spoliation Advisory Panel · Theatres Trust · Treasure Valuation Committee

Tribunal	Horserace Betting Levy Tribunal

[edit] References

^ Museum and Galleries Commission, The National Archives, UK.

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