Simon Stephens

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Simon Stephens

Head of Publications and Events, Museums Association

Union highlights devastating cuts

Report from Prospect shows morale among museum staff is at an all-time low

International Opening: Queens Museum, New York

Simon Stephens hears how this recently redeveloped museum is reaching new audiences following its expansion

Funding news

Purchasing power

Canterbury tales

Partnership working, empowering staff and becoming more resilient are among the ways that Jo Jones hopes to take Canterbury's museums forward. Simon Stephens meets her

International opening: Olympic Museum, Lausanne

Simon Stephens hears about the challenges of creating a museum that represents the global nature of the Olympic movement

Rich seams

The miners' strike in the mid-1980s had a huge impact on British society. How are museums reflecting its legacy 30 years later? By Simon Stephens

Funding news

Open Prism

Double funding success for Dundee

V&A and Dundee Heritage Trust projects backed by lottery grants

Work starts on Coventry Transport Museum

£8.5m redevelopment of 12 of the museum's 14 galleries

BBC backs the arts

Broadcaster's director-general announces a raft of new initiatives

Women’s Library reopens in London

LSE has taken responsibility for the collection from the London Metropolitan University

Whitworth unveils opening programme

Manchester gallery will open in October with solo show from Cornelia Parker