Features

From objects to experiences

Charlotte Slark and Sophie Vohra explore what the Sensational Museum has taught us about experimental practice

Vision from the edge

Museum X talks to artist Nadia Huggins about heritage, climate and her dream for a Caribbean museum of the future

Building the museum before the building exists

Five years on from the Black British Museum/Museum X takeover edition of Museums Journal, the question is no longer whether a Black British Museum is needed. The question is what kinds of social relationships, infrastructures and experiments are required to build one

Climate action | Sewing seeds of hope

A deep-dive into how ecological art has moved from the creative fringes into the mainstream, generating a positive public response

Climate action | ‘We’re turning cultural waste into community assets’

Museums and galleries are seeking to become an integral part of local ecosystems

Climate action | It’s time for museums to take their place at the table

Cultural institutions across the UK are doing thoughtful work to tackle the climate crisis, with many individuals in the sector working hard to drive change

‘We needed a building that could be a safe space for everyone’: A museum shaped by the Troubles

Geraldine Kendall Adams visits a border museum in the Republic of Ireland that has brought healing to a divided community 

The boom years | Museums Journal, 1960-2000

Rebecca Atkinson looks at how Museums Journal evolved in the postwar years of the 1960s right up to the millennium

A thousand years in the making: The Bayeux Tapestry loan

Geraldine Kendall Adams unpicks the logistics of moving the fragile embroidery from France to England for a historic exhibition at the British Museum

‘Power has shifted’: Northern Ireland’s community-led museums

A growing number of heritage projects are allowing local people to explore and share their own stories rather than having others speak for them. By Simon Stephens

‘It puts the humanity back into the objects’: How craft is remaking collections

Many museums are harnessing the power of contemporary craft by inviting artists to take inspiration from their collections, says Corinne Julius

Making an archive sing

Simon Stephens visits the Red House in Suffolk, the former home of composer Benjamin Britten and his partner, the singer Peter Pears