People
Q&A | ‘Building meaningful participatory projects takes time, trust and investment’
Ameneh Enayat tells us how young people played a central role in creating the Story Museum's new immersive detective exhibition
Q&A | ‘I don’t think I ever thought we could ask to borrow The Hay Wain’
Emma Roodhouse, curator of Walking Constable’s Landscape, talks about the enduring quality of the artist’s work in the year that marks the 250th anniversary of John Constable’s birth
Q&A | ‘We have to bear our memory. Even if it is a nightmare, it should belong to us’
Museums Journal sits down with China's most famous dissident, Ai Weiwei, to talk history, rebellion – and his hopes of being forgotten
Profile | ‘Museums shouldn’t be afraid of income-generation’
Rebecca Atkinson talks to Sarah Hayes, the director of the Birmingham Conservation Trust and the Coffin Works, about breathing life into heritage buildings in the city
Q&A | ‘Frederick Horniman’s legacy lives on today – but in a world that is very different’
Director of content Peronel Craddock tells us about the Horniman’s plans for the future as it celebrates its 125th birthday
Q&A | ‘Sometimes you have to dare to dream’
Ahead of the Horniman’s 125th birthday this weekend, head of horticulture Errol Fernandes tells us about the transformation of the museum’s outdoor spaces – and how the role of gardeners is shifting
Q&A | ‘The people of Wakefield have voted for change, and we have to engage with that’
Olivia Colling and Laura Smith on joint leadership, commercial ambitions and working with a Reform council
Profile | ‘The people who put this place together wanted to unify science’
Gavin Svenson, the new director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History, talks about his career, an ambitious collections redisplay, and his academic specialism – praying mantises
Working life | ‘Being in a museum setting allows neurodiverse creativity to truly flourish’
Pen Museum director Huw Jones tells us about his career to date and his role as an ambassador for ADHD UK
Q&A | ‘We’ve created a false divide between human culture and the natural world’
As Manchester Museum prepares to redevelop its Vivarium, Georgina Young tells us about the power of curation in conservation
