Features
Buried treasure
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
Displaying prehistory
Exciting scientific advances are enabling museums to engage visitors with the prehistoric past as never before
Never forget
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
Rethinking the Holocaust displays at the Imperial War Museum
Moving away from dark walls and dimly lit spaces, the new galleries aim to show how the genocide took place in plain sight
Museum of… Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein, Bath
Eleanor Mills finds the author’s infamous literary creation is vividly brought to life in a monster museum packed with scares
Spain | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Helga de Alvear, Cáceres
Eleanor Mills talks to the pioneering collector immortalised in a gallery of artworks she has donated
We can be heroes
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
Hidden truths
Photographer and activist Red Saunders tells Simon Stephens the vision behind his Hidden Project, which shines a light on historic struggles for social justice
Let’s hear it for oral history
Rob Perks celebrates the pioneering work in oral history that has transformed the way museums engage with audiences
