Features

Finger on the pulse

Nat Edwards, the director of the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds, talks to Eleanor Mills

International opening | Holocaust Memorial Center, Skopje, North Macedonia

A new permanent exhibition honours the more than 7,000 Balkan Jews who were murdered, says Geraldine Kendall Adams

Visionary views

On the 200th anniversary of John Ruskin’s birth, Alastair Smart looks at how the Victorian art critic has influenced artists and museums over the past two centuries with his views on social issues, education, the dangers of capitalism and much more

Museum of… Western Approaches HQ, Liverpool

Jessica Browne-Swinburne on a secret bunker that reveals how the British armed forces won the second world war

Trendswatch | All eyes on icons

As numerous star objects tour UK museums, Catherine Kennedy examines the effect they have had on the host venues and their local communities

Best in show

Tea in the Bedsitter, 1916, by Harold Gilman, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

A tangled web

Jon Pratty looks at the ethical and governance challenges created by the sector’s growing dependence on digital technology giants

Trendswatch | Fit for purpose

Exercises classes in museums are bringing in a healthy revenue and new visitors, says Jasper Hart

Hello future

Esme Ward talks to Eleanor Mills about Manchester Museum's major renovation

Interpreting Islamic collections

Museums are working hard to better reflect and represent the diversity of Islamic art and culture. Holly Black reports

International opening | Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

This impressive update and renovation is a milestone in a huge cultural project in the Hungarian capital, says Eleanor Mills

Museum of… Tudor Merchant’s House, Tenby, Wales

Louise Gray gets a glimpse of life in a wealthy 15th-century household