Working life
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
Working life | ‘People trust the information they get in a museum. We must respect that trust’
Leanne Melbourne, the senior curator of climate change and the dynamic coast at Norfolk Museums Service, on her passion for science communication
Working life | ‘I was ill-prepared for the interview but I convinced them to admit me’
Aviva Burnstock, winner of the 2025 Plowden Medal for Conservation, tells us about finding a career path that combined art and science – and how a garden snail played a key role in her future
Working life | ‘After a few days, I knew the museum would be a wonderful place to work’
Matt Moore, director of the Science Museum Group’s Science and Innovation Park, on problem solving, sustainability and being a communicator
Working life | ‘Things were sinking fast so I needed to put some basics in place’
Steve O’Connor reflects on a choppy first year as director of the River & Rowing Museum in Henley on Thames
Working life | ‘Presenting such a complex concept in a museum was a challenge’
Senior curator Amina Wright on how belief and religion are represented in the Bishop Auckland's new Faith Museum
