Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

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Tristram Hunt is right: the Holocaust Learning Centre is a bad idea

Who is scrutinising the government’s controversial plans for an underground venue in Westminster, asks Clare Annamalai

Beamish wins Museum of the Year 2025 award

County Durham institution scoops £120,000 prize at ceremony in Liverpool

AI scraper bots are disrupting online collections, report finds

Concern that bot ‘swarms’ could result in escalating costs for institutions

Visitors behaving badly? Damage to museum objects sparks sector debate

A number of high profile incidents have taken place in recent weeks, but who should take the blame?

Nick Merriman steps down as chief executive of English Heritage

Geoff Parkin appointed interim head as Merriman leaves role for personal reasons

Welsh Government failing to adequately support free entry, says committee

Senedd report says admission fee for Big Pit underground tour should be dropped on principle

Changing the record | Archives in the 21st century

In an age of turbulence and digital revolution, archival practice is changing at a rapid rate. How are the nation's record-keepers adapting and innovating for this brave new world?

Working life | ‘Condense what you do into language that inspires’

Matthew Bellhouse Moran, the recently appointed director of the Scottish Maritime Museum, on what he has learnt from his career to date

How is Scotland’s museum strategy faring in uncertain times?

Despite increasing financial pressures on the sector, the strategy's adaptability has helped create a more stable environment

Young people are co-designing their own spaces for creative learning

Involving under-18s in the museum-making process is taking the sector in a new direction. Beth Williamson reports

National museum security guards secure ‘life-changing’ pay rises after strike

Victory for workers who took more than 50 days of industrial action

Museum sector pays tribute following death of Geoff Palmer

Scientist and human rights activist chaired Empire, Slavery and Scotland’s Museums project