How the Francis Crick Institute gave its Outwitting Cancer exhibition the personal treatment

Ikon, Birmingham

Eleanor Mills hears how the new venue is building on the legacy of the iconic artist

Staying relevant, attracting new audiences, preventing thefts and recruiting volunteers are among the many challenges facing the varied group of bus museums that are dotted about the UK

As interest in the riches beneath our feet soars, museums are ideally placed to dig deep into this renewed appetite for unearthing past glories. By Geraldine Kendall Adams

Exciting scientific advances are enabling museums to engage visitors with the prehistoric past as never before

The Holocaust will soon be beyond living memory, but museums are rising to the challenge of keeping the survivors’ stories alive to shine a light on this dark chapter of history. Geraldine Kendall Adams reports

Moving away from dark walls and dimly lit spaces, the new galleries aim to show how the genocide took place in plain sight

The Lightbox, Woking

Eleanor Mills finds the author’s infamous literary creation is vividly brought to life in a monster museum packed with scares

Eleanor Mills talks to the pioneering collector immortalised in a gallery of artworks she has donated

This year’s Museums Change Lives Awards paid tribute to the institutions and individuals that have made a truly heroic impact in their communities. John Holt talks to the winners