Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

ACE launches £6m leadership development fund

Fund will support evidence-based leadership programmes

Tributes paid following death of Mark Suggitt

Colleagues celebrate Suggitt’s contribution to museums

International opening: La Piscine, France

An extension has allowed this museum, located in a stunning art-deco swimming pool, to better showcase its collection and heritage. By Geraldine Kendall Adams

Sector must play its part in tackling climate breakdown

As governments drag their heels, museums are well placed to educate audiences in how averting a global crisis will benefit their everyday lives. But it will require stronger leadership, a coordinated approach and dedicated funding. By Geraldine Kendall Adams

Funding news

Script righter

Black Cultural Archives awarded £200,000 to plug funding gap

Institution given breathing space to seek sustainable long-term income

Museums playing key role in Welsh government’s wellbeing agenda

Report shows how sector is responding to Future Generations Act

Museums are “promising example” of role of culture in health and social care

Report examines place of arts and culture in health, wellbeing and prison sectors

Museums facing tough questions over sponsorship

Several venues have been hit by negative publicity because of the corporate sponsors they have chosen to work with. Geraldine Kendall Adams talks to activists and museums about the increasingly contentious issue and how it might play out in the future

Funding news

Social service

Welsh Assembly debates plans for a national football museum

Assembly also discusses creating national gallery of contemporary art

Museums Association condemns sale of works from Ben Uri Gallery

MA director says auction risks damaging public confidence in museums