Features

The emerging museum professionals

In the run-up to the Museums Association’s Moving on Up event for those in the first five years of their careers, John Holt talks to five up-and-coming museum workers about why they chose to join the sector, their professional goals and the challenges they have overcome

Best in show

Codex Amiatinus, early eighth-century, British Library, London

International opening: La Piscine, France

An extension has allowed this museum, located in a stunning art-deco swimming pool, to better showcase its collection and heritage. By Geraldine Kendall Adams

Wonder women

Female scientists are starting to get the recognition they deserve in cultural spaces, with museums and galleries bringing their stories and achievements to the fore. By Deborah Mulhearn

We are the champions

Winners of the first Museums Change Lives awards

Museum of… Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum, Northumberland

John Holt explores an unusual venue that showcases the history and development of Northumbrian pipes

Trendswatch: Courting the Tudors

Eleanor Mills travels back in time to discover how museums are revealing poignant connections between lives then and now

From the art

Sharna Jackson, the new artistic director of Site Gallery in Sheffield, talks to Eleanor Mills about how she gets people so excited about art

Best in show

The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi, 1861, by Edward Burne-Jones Tate Britain, London

International opening: Glenstone, Potomac, Maryland, US

A five-year expansion has transformed the visitor experience at this private art collection, says Simon Stephens

Museum of… Magical History Museum, Liverpool

This homage to the Beatles is packed full of memorabilia that will delight fans of the Fab Four, says Louise Gray

Trendswatch: Celebrity curators

This year has seen some notable exhibitions created in partnership with famous faces, but how involved did they get? Jasper Hart finds out