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

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

Sculpting Lives podcast featuring Phyllida Barlow, 2020

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

An ambitious project to digitise Ireland’s lost public records will aid the study of the nation’s history, says Patrick Kelly

Louise Gray imbibes the history of a popular drink that’s been around since the 14th century

£10 banknote, 1975, Florence Nightingale Museum, London

From tiny timepieces to industrial-scale machinery, our museums’ mechanical exhibits and experiences are things of wonder, thanks to the army of maintenance people who keep them all in good working order

From embroidery to rhyming couplets, museum are finding ways to say things a little differently with their labels

How the revamped Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art in Japan is opening its doors during the coronavirus pandemic

The ability to attract new audiences has led to a surge in the number of light shows

The museums that are using play to engage younger visitors