Museums fighting for survival, national charity warns January 22 2021, 12.03am Supermundane Hope Patch is up for sale as part of Art Fund’s crowdfunding campaign (Art Fund/PA) Museums and galleries are “fighting for survival” following the latest lockdown, a national charity has warned. Others could follow in the footsteps of London’s Florence Nightingale Museum, which has previously announced it is closing for the “foreseeable future”. Olympic artist Sir Anish Kapoor said the nation’s museums face “great difficulty”. Art Fund, the national charity for art, predicted that small institutions are likely to suffer most and said more help is needed.