Simon Stephens

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Simon Stephens

Head of Publications and Events, Museums Association

International opening: Olympic Museum, Lausanne

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

Double funding success for Dundee

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

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

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

Museum partners begin Constable tour

Cathedral from the Meadows will be shown throughout the UK for next five years

Whitworth unveils opening programme

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

Swansea gallery back on track

Work restarts on £5.2m revamp of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

Making a splash

Adrian Jenkins tells Simon Stephens how he has taken the Bowes Museum from near-financial ruin to an organisation that is working with the Prado in Madrid

International opening

The recently developed Medieval Museum forms part of a new museum quarter in the historic centre of Waterford in the Republic of Ireland. By Simon Stephens

Funding news

The final countdown