Geraldine Kendall Adams
Geraldine Kendall Adams
Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation
It’s time we took industrial action
A report into the industrial heritage sector reveals funding problems and a skills deficit, and urges more collaboration and greater inclusivity. Geraldine Kendall Adams reports
Northern Lights
As the Great Exhibition of the North gets underway in Newcastle and Gateshead, Geraldine Kendall Adams looks at how the programme has come together against background of political upheaval.
British Museum unfairly dismissed pregnant employee, tribunal finds
Archaeologist wins financial settlement in discrimination case
Uncertain future for Museums at Night festival
Culture24 consults with stakeholders over UK-wide event
Is Corbyn right to pledge to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece?
Labour leader says it is clear the sculptures should be repatriated
V&A hits back at criticism of council housing installation
Tristram Hunt rejects view that museums should be “vehicles for social justice”
The D-Day Story, Portsmouth
This redeveloped museum more than fulfils its aim of telling the epic human stories behind the allied invasion of Normandy. By Geraldine Kendall Adams
The age-old issue of how to engage with elderly people
Museums need to quash any preconceptions that older people are primarily interested in the past and stop focusing solely on health and wellbeing when engaging with them. Geraldine Kendall Adams assesses some alternative approaches to the subject of ageing
Collecting drive gets underway after Irish abortion referendum
Museums in Ireland and UK put call out for campaign materials
Free museums encouraged to join VAT refund scheme
Scheme has reopened for applications until 2 November