The East Midlands region is made up of six counties: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, with 9 unitary authorities. Although geographically large it is the second smallest region in terms of population.
Cultural provision in the East Midlands includes
- 213 museums (52 in Derbyshire, 39 in Leicestershire, 52 in Lincolnshire, 32 in Nottinghamshire, 35 in Northamptonshire and three in Rutland)
- 348 static public library service points provided by local authorities, and 52 library vehicles in the region. Additionally, there is extensive library provision in the education, commercial and industrial sectors; for example the region's nine universities operate 31 libraries.
- 74 archive holding organisations including six main archive services and a regional film archive.
MLA plays a key role in supporting local authorities and those responsible for delivery in promoting the importance of museums, libraries and archives in tackling challenges such as social inclusion, developing sustainable communities, promoting economic regeneration and improving learning and health. The regional cultural agencies which came together are part of the regional commentary process now meet on a regular basis to ensure that the benefit of this approach is felt across the region.
The national Living Places programme brings together cultural agencies to lead spatial planning for culture and sport, and MLA chairs the East Midlands Living Places Partnership with Corby, in Northamptonshire, being one of the five Living Places pilot areas knows as Priority Places.
The creation of oral history recordings and transcripts, a book and a website celebrating Nottingham's Italian community.
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Leicester Libraries and Information Services has delivered an ambitious new strategy taking on board its complex multi-cultural...
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Warsop library's £190,000 investment is the 15th Nottinghamshire library to be modernised in the past four years.
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The Community Libraries programme, a partnership between MLA and the Big Lottery Fund, marks its first success as Newbold...
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Oadby library is the latest to benefit from Leicestershire County Council’s £8 million investment plans for its library service.
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Collections in The University of Nottingham’s Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections have been recognised by the MLA...
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