Geraldine Kendall Adams

London

Staff Writer and Researcher at Museum Practice

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York Museums Trust appeals for investment to stem falling visitor numbers

2 weeks ago | museumsassociation.org | Geraldine Kendall Adams

York Museums Trust (YMT) is at a “critical juncture in its existence” due to funding challenges and deteriorating buildings, councillors at City of York Council (CYC) have been told. The charity manages five sites in York on behalf of the council: York Art Gallery, Yorkshire Museum, York Castle Museum, Museum Gardens and York St Mary’s Church. Ahead of a meeting with councillors last week, the trust submitted a report outlining the challenges facing the three museums in its portfolio.
Application deadline extended for European Museum of the Year Award

3 weeks ago | museumsassociation.org | Geraldine Kendall Adams

The deadline has been extended for applications to the European Museum of the Year Award (Emya) 2026. Museums now have until 5 May to put themselves forward for the awards, which recognise excellence in the European museum scene. The awards are open to all not-for-profit museums in Europe that have opened or been substantially renewed since January 2021. Temporary or semi-permanent exhibitions may also apply.
Three sites in Northumberland join North East Museums

3 weeks ago | museumsassociation.org | Geraldine Kendall Adams

Three Northumberland museums have joined the North East Museums Partnership, bringing the number of museums and galleries managed by the organisation to 12. Formerly known as Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, the partnership announced last year that it was rebranding and expanding its museum portfolio into Northumberland.
Everyone’s Art scheme aims to bring lesser known artworks out of storage

3 weeks ago | museumsassociation.org | Geraldine Kendall Adams

A project has launched that hopes to bring works of art in Suffolk’s museums and galleries out of storage and put them on display in community centres, libraries, churches, village halls and schools. Created by the art historian Richard Morris, the Everyone’s Art project aims to bring work by lesser known and forgotten artists back into the public domain. Morris has launched a Kickstarter to crowdfund for the project and is also seeking to raise private donations.
Smithsonian will continue to tell ‘multi-faceted stories’ of US history, says Lonnie Bunch

3 weeks ago | museumsassociation.org | Geraldine Kendall Adams

The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lonnie Bunch, has affirmed the organisation’s commitment to scholarship and research following an executive order from president Trump directing the removal of “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology” from Smithsonian sites.
Yorkshire Museum crowdfunds to acquire ‘game-changing’ iron age hoard

3 weeks ago | museumsassociation.org | Geraldine Kendall Adams

The Yorkshire Museum in York is close to raising £30,000 through a crowdfunding campaign to acquire a major iron age hoard recently discovered in the local area by a metal detectorist. Featuring more than 900 objects, including chariot wheels and horse harness fittings, the Melsonby Hoard has been described as a “game-changing discovery” that could transform understanding of wealth, status, travel and trade in iron-age Britain.
Slowdown in post-Covid recovery but risks pay off for some visitor attractions

1 month ago | museumsassociation.org | Geraldine Kendall Adams

Venues that combine indoor and outdoor elements saw the biggest overall rise in footfall in an up-and-down year for visitor attractions across the UK. The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions’ (Alva) latest figures show that sites with both indoor and outdoor space, such as heritage sites and stately homes, reported a total increase of 2.4% in visits in 2024, the biggest rise of all attraction types.
Major loans to go on display at 11 regional museums and galleries across UK

1 month ago | museumsassociation.org | Geraldine Kendall Adams

World war two objects from the Imperial War Museum will be used to explore Blackpool’s untold wartime history in a new exhibition at the city’s Showtown museum. The project is one of 11 exhibitions announced this week in the latest round of the Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund. Now in its ninth year, the UK-wide grant programme supports smaller regional institutions to borrow nationally significant works with local resonance from national or major lending museums and galleries.
New museum to explore history of Irish soldiers in British Army

1 month ago | museumsassociation.org | Geraldine Kendall Adams

Plans have been unveiled for a £13.6m museum that will explore the 350-year history of Irish soldiers and their families in the British Army. Untold: The Museum has received development funding of £249,239 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to create a permanent museum across two sites in Belfast and Enniskillen. The museum plans to apply for a full National Lottery grant of £1,721,595 at a later date.
University of Aberdeen repatriates remains of Tasmanian Aboriginal man

1 month ago | museumsassociation.org | Geraldine Kendall Adams

Universities in Aberdeen and Glasgow are holding handover ceremonies this week to return Tasmanian items to their communities of origin. The University of Aberdeen is hosting a ceremony on 21 March to repatriate the skull of a young man thought to have been murdered in the early 19th century to service the trade in Aboriginal body parts. The remains have been in the university’s collections since the 1850s.