John Holt

John Holt

freelance writer

Why I volunteer

Jill Minchin, Dorset County Museum, Dorchester

Karen Southworth

The fine art of museum retail

Holly Morgenroth

Capturing a bit of animal magic

Jane Geddes

Digitising the middle ages

Profile: Amy de la Haye

Fashioning social history from clothing

The event organisers

John Holt talks to museum event organisers about what constitutes a good day out or a happening evening in

Why I volunteer

Stephanie Boxall, The American Museum in Britain, Bath

Profile: Alexandra Loske

Colour co-ordinated

Back to the future

How have venues that reopened their doors in 2006 after refits – or opened for the first time – fared over the past decade?

Why I volunteer

Helen Copperthwaite, Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse, Norfolk Museums Service

The registrars

Registrars are the museum workforce’s unsung heroes, looking after all the legal, logistical and ethical minutiae of collections management and movement

Why I volunteer

Rodney Cooper, National Army Museum, London