Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

Karen Bradley appointed culture secretary for England

Cabinet reshuffle sees John Whittingdale get the sack

Philanthropy must be backed up by public funding, report finds

Analysis of how private and public sectors can work together

Museums across the UK face closure threat

MA voices concern about ‘disturbing’ number of venues at risk

Welsh cultural inclusion scheme gets £125,000 boost

Fusion programme set to expand its reach

The grass is always greener when you’re a rural museum

Rural museums suffer from isolation and a funding imbalance skewed towards urban areas, but larger museum services could learn from their collaborative approach and experience of working in challenging circumstances

New horizons

As museums and permanent exhibitions dedicated to design pop up all over the place, Geraldine Kendall Adams investigates how the subject is being reinterpreted for the 21st century

Q&A with David Clarke

Uncovering a long lost Neolithic figurine at Stromness Museum

British Museum in legal dispute over £720,000 tax bill

Restaurants and gift shop excluded from charity tax relief

Successful opening weekend for Tate Modern extension

The Switch House attracts record numbers

Smithsonian and V&A collaborate on UK gallery

Exhibition space planned for Olympic park

Museums and their staff are paying the price of low wages

The government’s introduction of the National Living Wage might give low-paid staff a 50p per hour increase, but local authorities that have been hit by huge budget cuts are having to increase entry charges to cover the additional costs

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