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Trendswatch: Courting the Tudors

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

Best in show

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

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

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

Cultural exchange

Skinder Hundal, the chief executive of New Art Exchange in Nottingham, chats to Eleanor Mills about the cultural melting pot that gives this venue its soul

International opening: Glenstone, Potomac, Maryland, US

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

Go figure

From portrayals of colonisers to the lack of female memorials, the significance of statues, who they depict and what they stand for is coming under the spotlight, says Holly Black

On the right track

Railway museums are having to rethink their offer to make themselves relevant to new audiences, says Deborah Mulhearn

Trendswatch: Don’t mind meme

Museums are discovering the benefits of this popular medium, says Jasper Hart

Tackling colonial legacies

Museums are facing up to their problematic pasts and starting the slow process of decolonising their collections and operations, says Geraldine Kendall Adams

Art attack

With museums and galleries increasingly being used as a platform for political protest, Gareth Harris examines how artistic voices of dissent are being embraced

Best in show

Dub Stamp (detail), 2018, by Amy Sillman, Camden Arts Centre, London