Geraldine Kendall Adams
Geraldine Kendall Adams
Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation
Tate Modern overtakes British Museum as UK’s most visited attraction
Visitor numbers up almost 9% in UK overall and 19% in Scotland
Posts cut at National Museums Northern Ireland
Voluntary exit scheme will affect curatorial, HR and admin posts
NMS defends venue hire policy after 13 arrested at oil dinner
Calls grow for museums to reconsider relationship with fossil fuel industry
Sackler Trust cancels £1m donation to National Portrait Gallery
Controversial gift led to threatened boycott of gallery
Plans approved to scrap Leicester curatorial team
Council votes through restructure of museum service
Are stealth marketing techniques appropriate to use in museums?
National institutions increase donations with retail tactics
Museums celebrate International Women’s Day 2019
Events tackle contemporary issues as well as honouring female pioneers
Surveys assess employment of deaf and disabled people in museums
Research will inform work placement programme for deaf and disabled people
International opening | Africa Museum, Brussels
Geraldine Kendall Adams on a venue that is resolutely decolonising its collections
The spoils of war
European countries and institutions are making renewed efforts to reunite cultural property looted by the Nazis with its rightful owners. Geraldine Kendall Adams investigates
Leicester museums to restructure curatorial team
Service will focus resources on connecting audiences to collections
Does levying an entrance fee always pay off for museums?
A number of regional museums and galleries have recently introduced admission charges, often as a response to cuts in their public funding. But what are the downsides to abandoning the principle of free entry? Geraldine Kendall Adams investigates