Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

Adapt or die

Funding cuts are pushing some local authority museums to crisis point, yet many are finding innovative ways to weather the financial storm. Geraldine Kendall finds out more

Trendswatch: Don’t trip up

TripAdvisor is a vital marketing tool for museums, even if the occasional bad review can sting, finds Geraldine Kendall

Q&A with Dean Lomax

The palaeontologist who discovered a new species of ichthyosaur at Doncaster Museum

Securing a fair deal for museum interns

Unpaid work is still under the spotlight but some in the sector are trying to address the issue. Geraldine Kendall reports

Walsall Museum to close next month

Council seeks HLF funding for new heritage centre

Heritage bodies condemn destruction of Mosul antiquities

Experts say artefacts in IS video appear to be genuine

Council defeats motion to save Snibston

Friends group considers legal challenge

Q&A with Gabrielle Underwood

The V&A Museum of Design Dundee's first touring exhibition

IWM library to remain open with reduced services

No facilities will be cut but job losses set to go ahead

Trendswatch: Work in progress

Geraldine Kendall on how museums are bucking the traditional exhibition format to create shows that evolve over time

In the culture sector: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

Fifty years since the first white paper on the arts was published, many of the same issues are being debated, although politicians are now more reticent to discuss 'frivolous' matters. By Geraldine Kendall

Derby Museums’ petition prompts council rethink

Councillors acknowledge that the service "changes lives", but cuts still possible