Rebecca Atkinson
Rebecca Atkinson
Events Programmer and Content Editor, Museums Association
Heritage emergency declared in Stoke-on-Trent
Capital of ceramics calls for £300m investment to save its historic assets
Q&A | ‘Without research, we cannot have a future where people and planet thrive’
Renowned botanist Sandra Knapp on her appointment as the NHM’s first director of research
DCMS announces £1.5bn to tackle underfunding across culture sector
Five-year investment also aims to ‘unite communities’
Joe Hill to take up helm at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Meanwhile, Sally Tallant is named as new director of London’s Hayward Gallery
Campaigners fight proposed entrance fees at Museum of Oxford
Petition and day of action planned ahead of changes at local authority museum
Melanie Keen steps down as director of Wellcome Collection
Sam Owen to act as interim director when Keen leaves this spring
Cultural objects worth £59m gifted to museums and galleries
A total of 32 cases went through Acceptance in Lieu and the Cultural Gifts Scheme last year
Art Fund launches Museum Directors Survey 2026
Charity urges leaders to help shape its new five-year strategy
Plymouth and Bristol announce plans to bid for UK City of Culture 2029
Portsmouth, Ipswich and Wrexham are also contenders ahead of February's deadline
New chief executive appointed at Manchester Jewish Museum
Interim CEO also recruited to cover Gemma Meek's maternity leave
