Julie Nightingale

Julie Nightingale

freelance writer

Learning power

Julie Nightingale on why the Museums Association is changing its flagship professional development programme

In search of the good life

Getting a job in a museum or gallery overseas is a great way to develop your career and discover another country. But how easy is it to transfer your skills abroad, asks Julie Nightingale

Learning potential

Adult Learners' Week comes at a time when the subject is gaining a higher profile, not least in museums and galleries. Julie Nightingale reports

What are you looking at?

The depiction of disability has an ignoble history. But a new project could help museums rethink the ways that they represent disabled people. By Julie Nightingale

Leading questions

What do leadership courses offer and do museums and galleries really benefit from letting their senior staff take them, asks Julie Nightingale

It’s a hard job

The museum sector has been slowly tackling the workforce issues it faces, but entry-level recruitment remains a problem. Julie Nightingale finds out what is being done to change this

Trust or bust

More and more local authorities are considering moving their museums and galleries to trust status. Julie Nightingale looks at the pros and cons

Independence days

It is 30 years since a pioneering group of independent museums set up an association to represent their views. Julie Nightingale looks back at those exciting times and asks what challenges the sector faces today

Value judgements

In an attempt to get their fair share of public funds, museums have long been trying to find ways to prove their worth to government. So could the concept of public value be the answer, asks Julie Nightingale

Loan stars

National museums are loaning more to the regions than ever before, according to new research by Museums Journal. But borrowing objects is still not always straightforward, as Julie Nightingale finds out