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Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

Q&A | ‘Museums need to move beyond treating exhibitions as isolated historical events’ 

Abira Hussein and Yahya Birt tell us about an exhibition that explores the legacy of Bradford’s 1904 Somali Village show, in which 57 Somali people were put on public display 

Moves | First chief executive appointed for Moseley Road Baths

Worthing Theatres & Museum, National Museums NI and V&A Dundee also announce appointments

Half-term strike at V&A suspended after unions receive improved offer

Staff halt planned industrial action to enable further talks to take place

Removal of mummified remains from display sparks public debate

Kelvingrove and Hunterian are among several museums rethinking their treatment of human remains

Free-entry museums to benefit from new business rates policy after landmark tribunal ruling

Institutions across England expected to see significant reductions thanks to change in Valuation Office approach

Royal Armouries to restructure due to rising operating costs

The museum is consulting staff on proposals to reduce wage bill by 9%

Building the museum before the building exists

Five years on from the Black British Museum/Museum X takeover edition of Museums Journal, the question is no longer whether a Black British Museum is needed. The question is what kinds of social relationships, infrastructures and experiments are required to build one

Student blockade forces Louvre to close as disorder continues across France

A group of around 50 protesters barricaded the Paris museum this week

Arts Council England opens applications for five-year National Portfolio

Arm’s-length body sets out new approach to regional engagement as it launches new-look funding programme

Stolen Renoir paintings recovered after museum burglary in France

Six suspects have been arrested following the theft of two paintings from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer

England’s museums positive about the year ahead despite rising costs, survey finds

New research shows signs of resilience and growth – but mixed picture for visitor numbers and volunteering

Q&A | ‘We are not anti-museum – we’re trying to build something new from the ground up’

Community curator Adassa Dixon tells us how the UnMuseum programme is creating a new framework for Black heritage