Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

Museums encouraged to apply to the ACE/V&A Purchase Grant Fund

Funding supports permanent acquisitions by non-national institutions in England and Wales

Hunterian returns ancestral human remains to South Africa

Ceremonies held in Scotland and South Africa to mark repatriation

Making an entrance | How museums are reimagining the visitor welcome

Creating an impressive entrance and lobby for visitors is increasingly critical to a museum's success – and it's not just about the architecture

British Museum in bid to raise £3.5m for gold Tudor pendant

Heart-shaped piece is a rare surviving artefact from marriage of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon

Paul Hamlyn Foundation fund closes to new applicants due to ‘volume of demand’

Arts Fund grants will only be awarded to existing grantees and reconsidered applications until April 2027

Strikes loom at national institutions

British Library and Tate workers plan walkouts as industrial action continues at National Coal Mining Museum

MA members vote in favour of revised Code of Ethics

Updated code passes at AGM in Cardiff with large majority

Winners of Museums Change Lives Awards 2025 announced in Cardiff

Birmingham Museums Trust awarded best project for citizens' jury initiative

Two arrested following St Fagans burglary

Bronze Age gold jewellery taken after thieves forced entry to main building

Outcry after council signs off plan to relocate Walsall Leather Museum

Local campaigners believe decision was pushed through without proper consultation

Working life | ‘We’re preparing for the world’s largest-ever natural history collection migration’

Jessica Bradford, who recently became director of collections at the Natural History Museum, talks us through her role

British Museum’s ‘pink ball’ criticised by climate campaign group

Institution is hosting inaugural ball this month that aims to rival Met Gala