Features
Age of empire | Museums Journal, 1901-1930
Overseas expeditions, the rise of museums across the UK and abroad, and the impact of the first world war – in its first 30 years Museums Journal reported it all
Best in show | Rudolf Nureyev, 1964, by Jane Bown
This portrait of the Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, on display at Newlands House Gallery, showcases the photographer's intimate style
Museum of… St Andrews Heritage Museum and Gardens, Fife
A redevelopment is creating space for new programmes, writes Emily Godwin
‘We’re not political’: How the Fenix Museum of Migration is navigating the anti-immigration era
The rhetoric may be increasingly inflammatory, but Rotterdam's new cultural space aims tell a universal story
Great again? The rise of nostalgic nationalism
We're living through a time of extremism, division and collective forgetting. But Rachael Lennon believes museums have the power to seed hope and cohesion
Printed matter | 125 years of Museums Journal
Simon Stephens kicks off the magazine's anniversary year with a look back at its launch in July 1901
Elephant in the room
The 2018 Ivory Act was crucial for protecting wildlife, but it raised complex questions for museums. Geraldine Kendall Adams hears about a collaborative project set up to help the sector meet the challenges of the ban
Celebrating the winners of the Museums Change Lives Awards
From co-curation at the Horniman to the citizens’ jury shaping Birmingham Museums, the awards honour the transformative work that happens when museums and communities come together
100 Years of Leighton House
Senior curator Daniel Robbins tells us about the rich history of a property that combines Victorian tradition with Islamic art and design
Representations of Blackness at Vienna’s Belvedere Museum
How Tayla Myree is bringing a much-neglected discussion to the public with her tour exploring Black iconography in the museum's artwork
