Features
The Museum of… The Museum of Comedy, London
How an empty crypt was transformed into a shrine to comedy
Crisis management
Javier Pes investigates the challenges facing medical museums during the Covid-19 pandemic
Best in show
Lights at Sunset in Ostia by Tullio Crali, 1930, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London
A watershed for the sector
Museums have learned a huge amount while acquiring items related to the pandemic and it could have a lasting impact on the sector. Simon Stephens reports
Opening | Albertina Modern, Vienna
Geraldine Kendall Adams finds out how a new modern and contemporary art museum had no choice but to postpone its opening because of the Covid-19 pandemic
Get on board
A more representative set of trustees will have a trickle-down effect on the workforce and provide a diversity of thought and life experience that will make for a better museum. Juliana Gilling reports
Rewriting history
An ambitious project to digitise Ireland’s lost public records will aid the study of the nation’s history, says Patrick Kelly
Museum of… Museum of Cider, Hereford
Louise Gray imbibes the history of a popular drink that’s been around since the 14th century
