Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

Q&A | ‘Building meaningful participatory projects takes time, trust and investment’

Ameneh Enayat tells us how young people played a central role in creating the Story Museum's new immersive detective exhibition

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Restitution is not a remedy for the past alone – it’s about the future we can create together

The return of the Jain manuscripts has made the Wellcome Collection rethink standard practice, says Adrian Plau

Man dies after being trampled by cattle on National Trust estate

Tragic incident took place this week at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk

Outcry over plan to sell building that housed Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts

Protest takes place as MSPs call for site to be preserved as a public cultural asset

Ukraine decolonisation guide for museums presented in Kyiv

Document has been translated into Ukrainian following UK launch last year

Natural History Museum wins landmark business rates challenge

Institution becomes the first national museum to see its rateable value reduced to £1

Row continues over removal of term ‘Palestine’ from British Museum displays 

Campaigners claim internal emails show decision was driven by ‘undue political influence’

Bayeux Tapestry arrives in UK overnight accompanied by police escort

Tapestry undergoing checks after ‘monumental effort’ to ensure safe passage

Museums count cost of heatwaves as income and collections suffer

Footfall drops 3% in first two quarters of the year with extreme weather cited as a leading cause

A thousand years in the making: The Bayeux Tapestry loan

Geraldine Kendall Adams unpicks the logistics of moving the fragile embroidery from France to England for a historic exhibition at the British Museum

Government tightens DBS requirements for volunteers working with children

Unpaid workers will need to undergo enhanced checks under new guidance

Smithsonian accused of ‘extreme political activism’ as America celebrates 4th of July

Report exposes ideological battle between museum body and Trump administration