Geraldine Kendall Adams
Geraldine Kendall Adams
Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation
Less giving, more taking
Another fall in corporate giving means private investment is failing to make up for the decline in public funding
New museums smash targets
Museums such as the National Museum of Scotland have benefited from investment
Arts Council Collection launches regional partnership scheme
Four museums to display artworks from national loan collection
Welcome all
With high-profile events such as the Olympics, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Dickens bicentenary, this is going to be a big year for attracting overseas visitors to the UK, writes Geraldine Kendall
The Museum of…Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections
Geraldine Kendall hears about a museum that tells the story of naval conflict in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands
Lottery boom could swell ACE’s coffers by £160m
Ed Vaizey claims record ticket sales will bring 14.5% more funding than expected
Drop in craft commissions as cuts hit
Survey finds that a third of UK craftmakers have suffered a drop in sales
ACE: 29 into 16 doesn’t go
The controversial choice of the 16 partners has left large areas without major grant funding
Benefits are taken on trust
Despite many museum services moving to trust status, local authorities do provide advantages
The Museum of…Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections
Instruments, astronomical and musical, are the focus of a museum dedicated to William and Caroline Herschel. By Geraldine Kendall