Geraldine Kendall Adams
Geraldine Kendall Adams
Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation
Is £125m for repairs simply papering over the cracks?
The DCMS’s Cultural Investment Fund, which will help address the UK’s crumbling museum infrastructure, is very welcome, but what institutions need is core revenue funding to guarantee their long-term survival
MA conference finds sector is ready to change its ways
A range of challenging issues was tackled at the event in Brighton last month, and it also felt as though practical solutions were being sought
DCMS announces £250m funding for regional museums and galleries in England
Pot includes money for maintenance, infrastructure and cultural regeneration
Manchester Museum to return 43 sacred objects to Aboriginal communities
Public reaction shows shift in attitudes to repatriation, says curator
Winter of discontent looms as museum strike dates announced
Walkouts planned at SMG, Bradford museums and MoL
Pressure on museums after theatre companies dump fossil fuel sponsorship
Youth activists to target more cultural institutions after RSC decision
Out of Africa
A boom in cultural institutions is taking place across the African continent alongside growing calls for European museums to return colonial-era objects to their rightful homes. Geraldine Kendall Adams reports
Institutions starting to pay a heavy price for low wages
Low salaries have always been endemic in the arts sector, but recent industrial action at several museums suggests that employees who were willing to make sacrifices during austerity are now being pushed to their limits. Geraldine Kendall Adams investigates
A sea change in restitution
As continental museums take a more proactive approach to provenance research and repatriation, there is a concern that the UK is falling behind