Simon Stephens
Simon Stephens
Head of Publications and Events, Museums Association
ACE funding: the sector responds
New funding portfolio gives some organisations cause for celebration but leaves many under threat
News analysis: HLF consults over future aims
HLF seeks advice on spending priorities from 2013 onwards
Restoration work begins at Egyptian Museum
But Egyptian minister of antiquities denies reports of large-scale looting and damage
Weston front
Mansfield Museum curator Liz Weston tells Simon Stephens how changes to Renaissance and local authority cuts are affecting smaller museums around the UK
Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Simon Stephens on two museums with fantastic collections of material from ancient Egypt, but very different resources to present them