Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

Somerset House remains closed after fire in west wing

Courtauld Gallery was not affected by blaze and has reopened

Local government funding for culture and leisure down £2.3bn since 2010

Two reports expose the impact of austerity on the sector

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Championing hidden histories at the Museum of Croydon

Stephanie Wilson on the impact of London Borough of Culture

Material world | Weaving textiles into museum programming

Laura Moseley unravels the growth of material craft as a form of political and social expression

Artists criticise Royal Academy for ‘anti-Palestinian censorship’

Row after London institution removed two works from its summer exhibition

Labour will ‘put rocket boosters’ under museum and heritage sector, says Nandy

Culture secretary acknowledges 'neglect' of institutions in speech at Science and Industry Museum

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In a repressive climate, our museum is a rare safe space for pro-Palestinian voices

How the Arab American National Museum is countering rising censorship and anti-Arab hatred

Vigil held outside Atkinson after Southport tragedy

Thousands of mourners gather to remember three children killed in stabbing attack

Working life | ‘Things were sinking fast so I needed to put some basics in place’

Steve O’Connor reflects on a choppy first year as director of the River & Rowing Museum in Henley on Thames

A ticking time bomb for Scottish museums

The sector is increasingly fragile as lower visitor numbers since Covid and reduced public funding continue to bite. Geraldine Kendall Adams reports

Engagement in English museums and galleries rises 10 percentage points

Latest DCMS figures show museums saw biggest increase of all cultural sectors last year

Repatriation working group seeks views of Scottish sector

Group is developing guidance to support museums and galleries in repatriation