Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

Museums are surviving, but they could be thriving

Although the UK’s museums have proven to be adaptable and resilient, almost a decade’s worth of austerity has taken its toll on the sector. Geraldine Kendall Adams reports on the results of the Museums Association’s third Museums in the UK survey

Temporary exhibition | Conscience Matters, National War Museum, Edinburgh

A thought-provoking exhibition gives Beccy Angus a better understanding of not only conscientious objectors, but also the second world war itself

MK Gallery, Milton Keynes

Geraldine Kendall Adams discovers a playful and quirky gallery that captures the town’s character wonderfully well

Funding news

Making collections accessible

ACE scheme to help organisations develop environmental practice

Deadline approaching for expressions of interest to Accelerator programme

Netherlands’ Rijksmuseum Boerhaave wins Emya 2019

SS Great Britain named Europe’s most welcoming museum

Government announces £62m for historic high streets in England

Details of three funding programmes unveiled

Rebecca Pow named arts and heritage minister in reshuffle

MP for Taunton Deane replaces Michael Ellis

Dr Jenner’s House on more secure footing after public appeal

Museum awarded lottery grant to plan its long-term future

Museums increasingly targeted as sites of protest

Demos bring practical challenges but they can be a chance for museums to engage with important issues

Changing Places toilets to be mandatory in large public buildings

Government consults on proposed changes to building regulations

Lack of funding tips Yorkshire Waterways Museum into insolvency

Popular museum to close next week due to financial difficulties