Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

Sara Wajid and Zak Mensah to share CEO role at Birmingham Museums Trust

Appointment marks an 'exciting new chapter' for the trust

Consternation among nationals about government overreach

Demands to cut executive pay and increase commercial income have put arms’ length principle to the test

Tate denies using ‘strike-breaking’ tactics against workers

Tensions rise between management and staff as industrial action continues

William and Evelyn De Morgan: ‘Two of the Rarest Spirits of the Age’, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle

The gallery's first post-Covid show is a riveting exploration of one of art's great power couples, says Jamie Taylor

Museum of the Home to ‘reflect further’ on fate of Geffrye statue

Media reports indicate that museum faced government pressure to leave statue in place

Janita Bagshawe to retire from Royal Pavilion and Museums

Head of Brighton & Hove museums stepping down as service transfers to trust

Museum of Homelessness creates ‘streetmuseum’ to protest treatment of migrants

Call for action amid rising hostility against migrant communities

Help Museums Journal track the impact of Covid-19

Tell us about the effects of the pandemic on the museum sector and the people who work in it

Debate intensifies over fate of contested heritage

The toppling of Colston has brought a new urgency to longstanding discussions over monuments in the public realm

Moves

The latest appointments in museums, galleries and heritage

Police say onus will be on museums to ensure visitors are wearing face coverings

Masks will be mandatory in museums in England from 8 August

On my bookshelf

The New Museology, by Peter Vergo, demonstrates how far museums have come