Geraldine Kendall Adams

Profile image for Geraldine Kendall Adams

Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

Royal Armouries to restructure due to rising operating costs

The museum is consulting staff on proposals to reduce wage bill by 9%

Building the museum before the building exists

Five years on from the Black British Museum/Museum X takeover edition of Museums Journal, the question is no longer whether a Black British Museum is needed. The question is what kinds of social relationships, infrastructures and experiments are required to build one

Student blockade forces Louvre to close as disorder continues across France

A group of around 50 protesters barricaded the Paris museum this week

Arts Council England opens applications for five-year National Portfolio

Arm’s-length body sets out new approach to regional engagement as it launches new-look funding programme

Stolen Renoir paintings recovered after museum burglary in France

Six suspects have been arrested following the theft of two paintings from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer

England’s museums positive about the year ahead despite rising costs, survey finds

New research shows signs of resilience and growth – but mixed picture for visitor numbers and volunteering

Q&A | ‘We are not anti-museum – we’re trying to build something new from the ground up’

Community curator Adassa Dixon tells us how the UnMuseum programme is creating a new framework for Black heritage

New arts council chair pledges to grow investment in diverse-led organisations

In her first public speech, Dawn Airey has warned that racial inequalities and discrimination persist in the cultural sector

London’s oldest restaurant served up to National Trust

Rules restaurant in Covent Garden has been gifted to the charity to preserve its ‘living history’

Profile image for Justin Langshaw

Blockbuster exhibitions: what happens when the crowd gets too big?

Popularity must go hand in hand with meaningful engagement, says Justin Langshaw

Q&A | ‘Despite their global importance, natural science collections remain difficult to access’

Sarah Addezio tells Museums Journal about DiSSCo UK, an ambitious new initiative to unite the UK's natural history collections in a single digital space

England’s cultural organisations unprepared to deal with extreme heat, survey finds

Staff and visitor wellbeing, income and footfall suffered as indoor temperatures hit over 41°C in some venues this summer