Geraldine Kendall Adams

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Geraldine Kendall Adams

Writer and News Editor, Museums Assocation

Arts Council England settles with gender critical feminist after harassment claim

Denise Fahmy has received an undisclosed amount in compensation

National Trust expenditure rises 24% amid cost-of-living crisis

Charity says it has faced challenges but is ‘faring well’

Trades Union Congress calls for end to ‘second class pay’ in heritage sector

Motion carried to recognise value of heritage and develop sustainable funding model

Museums at risk as local authority funding crisis intensifies

Uncertainty for institutions in Woking, Birmingham and Hampshire as councils cut costs

Welsh museums important to economy but pandemic is still taking a toll, report finds

Visitor figures, volunteering and learning have not yet recovered to pre-Covid levels

Anti-ableism issue | Advisory panel

Our editorial advisers for this Museums Journal themed issue

Inclusive recruitment is still a work in progress

Cultural institutions’ approach to employing disabled people has often felt more like a box-ticking exercise. But new practice on inclusive recruitment could change this

Disability rights have fallen off the political agenda

Ableism is still pervasive and widely tolerated in the heritage sector, which has a long way to go before it can call itself truly inclusive

Working life | ‘Fibromyalgia is as much a part of me as my red hair and love of leopard print’

Stacey Smith, part of the commercial services team at London’s National Gallery, talks about the things that can make a difference for disabled workers

Voices on anti-ableism

Museums Journal canvassed nine artists, writers, activists and curators for their views on how inclusivity in museums, galleries and wider society should be improved. Here are their responses

V&A agrees deal with Yemen to display looted artefacts

Funerary objects found in London shop will be repatriated when Yemen deems it safe to do so

Briefings on collections care launched following British Museum crisis

Collections Trust hosts meetings to review core principles related to inventory, audit and loss