Jemma Jarman, Author at ICOM UK

What children really need from museums: 5 lessons from Hands On! 2025

Posted on January 5, 2026 (January 5, 2026)

This article was first published by blooloop. How do museums remain relevant to children growing up in an anxious and hyper-digital world? That question sat at the heart of Hands On! 2025, the international conference for children’s museums and science centres, hosted in Liverpool in partnership with Eureka – the National Children’s Museum. Across three days […]

Welsh Government announces £9m in major funding boost for culture

Posted on January 5, 2026 (January 5, 2026)

This article was first published by the Museums Association. The Welsh Government has awarded a total of £8.94m in funding to strengthen the country’s museums, archives, libraries and cultural institutions. The award, which comes six months after the government launched its Priorities for Culture strategy, includes nearly £2.2m for the Arts Council of Wales’ Strategic Capital […]

The most exciting museum openings in 2026

Posted on January 5, 2026 (January 5, 2026)

This article was first published by The Art Newspaper. From the idyllic Slovenian countryside to the heart of Los Angeles, here are ten of the biggest new and expanded museums opening this year. Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Opening April, cost $720m Lucas Museum of Narrative Art; Opening 22 September, cost $1bn Dataland; Opening […]

Arts Council England – an independent review by Baroness Margaret Hodge

Posted on December 17, 2025 (December 17, 2025)

This article was first published by DCMS. The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP – Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport The government strongly welcomes the Rt Hon the Baroness Hodge of Barking DBE’s Independent Review of Arts Council England. I would like to personally thank Baroness Hodge for her unwavering rigour and dedication, […]

Trans-Inclusive Culture Update, December 2025

Posted on December 16, 2025 (December 16, 2025)

This article was first published by Trans-Inclusive Culture. Trans-Inclusive Culture has continued to generate widespread interest across the UK and international cultural sector. In June 2025, the International Council of Museums (Italy) launched their adaptation and translation of Trans-Inclusive Culture developed specifically for culture practitioners and organisations in Italy, at a packed event held at […]

Tate director Maria Balshaw to step down

Posted on December 16, 2025 (December 16, 2025)

This article was first published by ArtReview. Maria Balshaw, who has helmed Tate since 2017, will step down from her role next spring, the museum has announced. ‘It has been an absolute privilege to serve as Director of Tate over this last decade and to work with such talented colleagues and artists,’ Balshaw said in […]

More than 600 items stolen from Bristol colonial collection

Posted on December 16, 2025 (December 16, 2025)

This article was first published by the Museums Association. A public appeal has been launched to identify four men who are believed to have stolen more than 600 artefacts from Bristol City Council’s museum collection. The artefacts are from the British Empire and Commonwealth collection, which is housed in Bristol Archives on Cumberland Road having […]

Thoughts on a Year of Tracking the Top ‘Museum Artists’

Posted on December 16, 2025 (December 16, 2025)

This article was written by Ben Davis and first published on artnet. I’ve spent a lot of time this year combing through museum websites and exhibition rosters to see which artists are showing. Doing this exercise, you do see ups and downs, as different constellations of shows open and close: artists having a “micro-moment.” But […]

San Antonio Museum of Art repatriates nine antiquities to Italy

Posted on December 16, 2025 (December 16, 2025)

This article was first published by The Art Newspaper. The San Antonio Museum of Art (Sama) has repatriated nine antiquities to Italy, eight of which were identified through photographs that had been seized from the convicted dealer and smuggler Giacomo Medici. The ninth object, a marble head of the Greek god Hermes, had been excavated from ancient Roman […]

Author: Jemma Jarman

Posts by Jemma Jarman

What children really need from museums: 5 lessons from Hands On! 2025

Welsh Government announces £9m in major funding boost for culture

The most exciting museum openings in 2026

Arts Council England – an independent review by Baroness Margaret Hodge

Trans-Inclusive Culture Update, December 2025

Tate director Maria Balshaw to step down

More than 600 items stolen from Bristol colonial collection

Thoughts on a Year of Tracking the Top ‘Museum Artists’

San Antonio Museum of Art repatriates nine antiquities to Italy