Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

Museums prepare for one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year

How cultural institutions are celebrating Christmas 2025 - don't miss out on the MA's special 20% discount on new memberships this weekend!

Budget 2025: ‘Far more ambitious action’ needed for culture sector

How museum and culture sector leaders have responded to this year’s budget

A whole new world

The Wereldmuseum Amsterdam has been working with artists and other creative practitioners to explore the impact of Dutch imperialism, but Carol Ann Dixon says more needs to be done to empower its own staff to contribute to meaningful change at the organisation

‘Return the bones. Empty the museums’

Museums need to address the issue of the ancestral remains in their collections with transparency, openness and accountability, argues Dan Hicks

Europe after empire

Gary Younge introduces a series of articles that explore how decolonisation is being approached in European museums

What’s in a name?

Tracing ancestry through a surname uncovered a complex history shared by many, writes Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann

Icom and Interpol launch initiative to combat cultural theft and trafficking

Museum community agrees to strengthen global action against heritage crime at triennial Icom conference

Youth heritage exchange between Barbados and Scotland wins inaugural Icom award

Shared Island Stories gets prize for sustainable development practice in museums

British Museum dropped tobacco sponsor after query from Department for Health

Partnership with Japan Tobacco International came to an end in September

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UK museums are rethinking their approaches to Ukrainian cultural heritage

There’s growing recognition that the history of Eastern Europe is a global concern, says Evgeniya Ravtsova

Law change enabling restitution on moral grounds comes into force this month

But national museums will be excluded from new rules that simplify ‘ex-gratia’ payments

President intervenes to resolve row over Museum of West African Art

New museum has postponed all opening events amid protests about its role and mission