Features

A fine balance | Caring for vulnerable heritage sites

Simon Stephens explores how organisations manage public access to some of the UK's most fragile historic properties

Czech Republic | Mucha Museum, Prague

This art nouveau juggernaut has found a sympathetic home in a lavish 18th-century baroque palace, says Eleanor Mills

Museum of… Sir Henry Jones Museum, Llangernyw, Wales

Lynsey Ford visits the humble childhood home of a brilliant philosopher

Digging deep | The museums hoping to transform north Wales

Simon Stephens hears about the development of two national museums devoted to very different subjects – slate and football

Best in show | Coat, 1937, by Cecil Beaton

This whimsical garment epitomises the legendary fashion designer's obsession with gardening, now explored in a new exhibition at the Garden Museum

Museum of… Leach Pottery, St Ives, Cornwall

Eleanor Mills delights in a collaboration of British and Japanese potters

Seeking sanctuary | Poland Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw

This contemporary art museum, founded 20 years ago, now has a permanent home. By Simon Stephens

Changing the record | Archives in the 21st century

In an age of turbulence and digital revolution, archival practice is changing at a rapid rate. How are the nation's record-keepers adapting and innovating for this brave new world?

Dangerous ground | Telling the stories of historic battlefields

The battles fought in Britain have made us who we are today. John Holt talks to those who interpret these sites of conflict for modern audiences

Best in show | Upnor Castle, Kent, 1831-32, by JMW Turner

You can feel the summer heat in this painting from the Whitworth’s latest exhibition, says curator Imogen Holmes-Roe

Making waves | Musée National de la Marine, Paris

This recent redevelopment employs flowing forms to reflect the subject of its displays

Museum of… Laurel & Hardy Museum, Ulverston, Cumbria

Eleanor Mills visits a venue dedicated to a legendary comedy duo