ABSTRACT
On 26 October 2005, David Lammy, UK Minister for Culture, gave a keynote address to the Museums Association Conference which demonstrated the wider agenda that museums now have and are expected to address:
Everyone here understands the capacity museums have to contribute to enjoyment, to inspiration, to learning, to research and scholarship, to understanding, to regeneration, to reflection, to communication and to building dialogue and tolerance between individuals, communities and nations.1
