Simon Stephens

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Simon Stephens

Head of Publications and Events, Museums Association

Ecomuseum sites expanded to 40 locations across the UK

Part of plans to commemorate 500th anniversary of Battle of Flodden

Plans unveiled for £38m Oxford science centre

Project led by Ian Griffin, former head of Mosi in Manchester

London calling

Sharon Ament has already made her mark at the Museum of London by stepping into the debate over Tower Hamlets Council’s controversial decision to sell a Henry Moore sculpture. Simon Stephens finds out what else she is planning

The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections

Simon Stephens hears about a challenging project to conserve the remarkable London home of a Kenyan-born poet

Old masters tour seeks venues

Three works from National Gallery to visit nine regional museums

Funding news

Skills development

AHRC to fund cultural value projects

Two-year project aims to capture impact of arts and culture

Birmingham Museums joins Google Art Project

Over 200 partners now featured on the online art platform

Steve Miller to head Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service

Former Ironbridge Gorge CEO joins NMAS in June

National Gallery looking for regional partners

Three Old Masters will tour UK from 2014 to 2016

Funding initiative for sculpture conservation

Gabo Trust launches programme for regional museums in its 25th anniversary year

Open plan

Beamish, an open-air museum in north-east England, has a very particular set of challenges. Director Richard Evans tells Simon Stephens about how he is overcoming them