Rebecca Atkinson

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Rebecca Atkinson

Events Programmer and Content Editor, Museums Association

Sheffield Museums creates pop-up museums at children’s hospital

Vintage toys from collection put on display for patients

Bristol Museum faces wait over 10% budget cut

Council decision on new budget postponed until March

Black Panther-inspired exhibition to tour Suffolk museums

Power of Stories broke footfall records at Ipswich Museum last year

First Carbon Literacy training launched for UK museum sector

Training aims to encourage organisations to tackle climate crisis

Restoring Robert Scott Lauder’s Christ Teacheth Humility

Despite the pandemic, this large-scale restoration project drew on digital exposure to engage audiences

Museum of East Anglian Life to become the Food Museum

Name change is part of masterplan to make the museum more relevant

How the arts can help support addiction recovery

Joanne Mills shares a collaborative project in Stoke-on-Trent

Iwona Blazwick to step down as director of Whitechapel Gallery

Curator and critic to leave gallery after 20 years at its helm

Four projects win Activist Museum Award 2021-2022

Winners to receive £1,000 each and tailored mentorship to support development of ideas

UK’s first digital art gallery to open in Coventry

The Reel Store will welcome visitors from April 2022

Profile | Climate for change

Sara Kassam talks to Rebecca Atkinson about her new role as the Museums Association’s climate champion trustee

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