Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

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UK museums are rethinking their approaches to Ukrainian cultural heritage

There’s growing recognition that the history of Eastern Europe is a global concern, says Evgeniya Ravtsova

Law change enabling restitution on moral grounds comes into force this month

But national museums will be excluded from new rules that simplify ‘ex-gratia’ payments

President intervenes to resolve row over Museum of West African Art

New museum has postponed all opening events amid protests about its role and mission

Search begins for ‘boundary-pushing’ Museum of the Year 2026

Art Fund opens applications and increases prize for each runner up by £5,000

River & Rowing Museum prepares to rationalise collections as building is listed for sale

Funds from sale could be used to support development of a new museum

Louvre closes gallery and office spaces due to structural problems

Paris museum under fresh scrutiny over state of infrastructure four weeks on from jewel heist

Moves | Recent appointments in museums, galleries and heritage

Suzanne Rolt named chief executive of Arnolfini | Anna Jobson joins Freud Museum

Working life | ‘I was ill-prepared for the interview but I convinced them to admit me’

Aviva Burnstock, winner of the 2025 Plowden Medal for Conservation, tells us about finding a career path that combined art and science – and how a garden snail played a key role in her future

Q&A | ‘Interest in the climate crisis is slackening because our attention is pulled in so many directions’

As COP30 gets underway, Lula Rappoport tells us how London Art+Climate Week hopes to inspire climate action

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The power of partnership

The British Museum’s Partnership Galleries – the latest of which opened at Norwich Castle in the summer – are an ambitious and growing network, says Nicholas Cullinan

Museums face growing competition from ‘slick’ digital experiences

Report examines how cultural attractions can close the audience engagement gap amid slow post-pandemic recovery

Tate workers vote in favour of week-long strike

More than 150 members of PCS union will take industrial action later this month