Features
New horizons
Ten years ago there was an explosion of new and refurbished regional galleries in England. A decade on, how have these institutions adapted to harsher economic realities and changing priorities?
Climate control
Gareth Harris looks at how artists are working with environmentalists to respond to the human impact on our planet, and asks if this is leading to real change
International opening | University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
This venue combines scientific research with hi-tech exhibits
The world’s a stage
John McGrath, the artistic director and chief executive of Manchester International Festival, talks to Eleanor Mills. Portrait by Phil Sayer
One small step…
Half a century ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took the first steps on the lunar surface as part of Nasa’s Apollo 11 mission. John Holt talks to curators and scientists about how their institutions are marking the final lap of the space race
Museum of… The Devil’s Porridge Museum, Dumfries and Galloway
John Holt discovers the vital munitions role HM Factory Gretna and its female workers played during the first world war
A life not so ordinary
A number of new museums are moving away from traditional ways of collecting and are working at a grassroots level to tell the stories of marginalised communities, as Rob Sharp discovers
International opening | Bauhaus Museum, Weimar
Rebecca Swirsky explores the centrepiece of the iconic German art and design school’s centenary celebrations