Simon Stephens

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Simon Stephens

Head of Publications and Events, Museums Association

Art Fund reveals Museum of the Year finalists

Museums in Glasgow, Orkney, Belfast and two in London make shortlist

Full steam ahead for capital museum projects

The number of major museum schemes shows no sign of slowing, but they need to be more environmentally friendly

Handel and Hendrix museum on song again

Venue dedicated to the US rock legend and 18th-century composer reopens

Culture& secures funding for research project

Initiative will explore museums and medical science, practice, and policy

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Repatriation is changing but colonial dynamics remain

Two winners of the 2022 Dan David Prize reflect on repatriation and the unequal relationship between the West and countries in the Global South

Campaign to jointly acquire portrait by Reynolds reaches £50m target

Portrait of Mai acquired by National Portrait Gallery and Getty

Newcastle University unveils architecture centre

The £4.6m project includes a public gallery with free admission

Courtauld completes huge digitisation project

Nearly 2,000 volunteers worked on digitising the Conway Library of historic architecture photography

Radical Museums | S1E4: Reimagine, Remake, Replay

Simon Stephens meets the team at Reimagine, Remake, Replay, a youth engagement project in Northern Ireland

Radical Museums | S1E2: Nasir Adam

Simon Stephens meets Nasir Adam, the curator of black history at Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Unboxed or unloved? Report looks at impact of ‘festival of Brexit’

Evaluation finds the programme was on budget and met many of its aims

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Digital | QR codes can enrich a visit to a museum

Some museums want to ban them, while others see them as a low-cost way to connect visitors with content