Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

‘Ignorance, othering and snobbery’: Are museums struggling to reflect working-class lives?

Research is exposing museums’ troubled relationship with working‑classness – and testing experimental participatory methods to challenge it by fostering cross-sector dialogue and collaboration

Work is starting on a new strategic framework for museums, DCMS confirms

Sector strategy, free admission policy and national museum security under the microscope at committee hearing

‘A visceral experience of scale’: Creating a museum fit for a pharaoh

Geraldine Kendall Adams talks to Róisín Heneghan, one of the architects who worked on the Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, about the design behind this new global cultural landmark

V&A censorship claim ‘deeply worrying’, says Index on Censorship

Museum says edits requested by Chinese printing company were minor and ‘did not affect the narrative’

What causes a museum to close?

Research has revealed that the risk of closure is far higher in the first decade of a museum’s life, with many venues that opened in the late 20th century not surviving to 2025

‘How do we build a relationship with the sceptical generation?’: V&A East opens its doors

Long-awaited museum unveiled in east London’s Olympic park

Q&A | ‘In true NML style, we chose to tear up the rule book and do something different’

Joe Brook tells us how England’s only national museum group outside of London is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year

Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund marks first decade

Fifteen exhibitions of major loans are taking place this year at host institutions across UK

National museums to work with budget airline industry on new charging model

Changes may include new customer services approach and a series of ‘add-ons’ for visitors

MP joins protest against relocation of Walsall Leather Museum

Campaigners say decision ‘has lifted the lid on historic failings by our council’

‘City of closure’: Former CCA staff raise alarm about Glasgow’s culture sector

Loss of cultural venue is part of a wider pattern in the city, says group

‘Serious reservations’ about proposal to scrap free entry for overseas visitors

Concern in museum sector as DCMS and ACE accept recommendations of Hodge review