Geraldine Kendall Adams
Geraldine Kendall Adams
Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation
Petition launched to save Walsall Leather Museum
Council plans to relocate museum but campaigners fear it could close for good
Dignity in death | Debate grows about the treatment of human remains in museums
Amid greater sensitivity about the care and display of remains, there are calls for new guidance to help museums find the right approach
The new temporary exhibitions playbook
The landscape for exhibitions is evolving and today's audiences are driven by the proposition, not the poster. New research has found that museums need to meet people where they are and make the experience worth the effort
Poole Museum to reopen after seven-year transformation
Redevelopment includes six new galleries and open display of Poole Iron Age Logboat
National Museum Cardiff asks public to decide name of new woolly mammoth
Three possible names selected for 3D-printed skeleton out of 1,400-plus suggestions
Art Fund research proves that viewing art is good for the human body
‘Genuinely surprising’ study shows that original art benefits three different body systems all at once
Shuar people seek repatriation of ‘shrunken heads’ in UK collections
Delegation expresses wish for return of ceremonial tsantsas along with self-representation in displays
Museums are not ‘secret vaults’, say world’s museum leaders
Directors at major institutions defend principle of open access but say Louvre heist has ‘shaken us to the core’
Council introduces entry charge at Museum of Oxford despite objections
Local stakeholders warn that decision to implement £4 charge comes with ‘more risk than reward’
Pink Ball raises £2.5m for BM but comes under fire from climate activists and Greek government
Institution hails inaugural event a success and says money will be used to support international work
