Tropenmuseum perhaps saved, fate of bakery museum uncertain Local politicians already cut 100m from art

Cultural sector already gets hit in 2012: 100 million

(...) Already in 2012, at least 100 million will be cut on culture and heritage. Not by Halbe Zijlstra, state secretary for culture, but by municipalities and provinces.(...)
The city of [Eindhoven] is cutting half a million euros from next year's cultural sector.
That is a pittance compared to The Hague, where the arts have to give up 35 million in 2012. Or in Almere, where there is more than seven million less to spend in 2012. In Apeldoorn and Arnhem, the damage is also considerable at three million.
The Hague and Almere, the leaders in austerity, are cities where the PVV is part of the city council. That seems to explain the scale of austerity in those cities. (..)
The province of North Brabant is imposing a cut of over 15 million on its artists and libraries from 2012. The plan there is for only a third of the 2010 culture budget to be spent by 2015. (..)
About a third of municipalities leave the cultural sector untouched as much as possible. This is a choice that seems to have little connection with the political composition of the administration. (..)

Source: Wed   19 Nov 11

Hope for Tropenmuseum Amsterdam

A month ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it would stop the total subsidy of 20 million euros to the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) at the end of 2012. The Tropenmuseum falls under this institute and the ministry wants no more development aid money to flow through the institute to the museum. (..)
The Tropical Institute fears that this cut [50% of contribution by MinBuZa] will hit not only the research institute, but also the museum, library and theatre. (...) The subsidy is almost half of KIT's total annual budget. (..)
According to State Secretary for Culture Halbe Zijlstra, the museum should then be separated from KIT. As an independent museum, the Tropenmuseum could then possibly be eligible for grants from the Culture Ministry. (..)

Source: History.net    19 Nov 11

Medemblik - Council wants certainty Bakery Museum

(...) The city council thinks Medemblik should provide a €150,000 subsidy to the museum. This amount had previously been put on a 'wish list' by the council. B and W had not included it in the budget, leaving the museum in uncertainty. Now the council wants to see a proposal on support for the Bakery Museum by 1 January at the latest. (..)

Source: North Holland newspaper    18 Nov 11