Features
Northern Lights
As the Great Exhibition of the North gets underway in Newcastle and Gateshead, Geraldine Kendall Adams looks at how the programme has come together against background of political upheaval.
Just cause
Deborah Mulhearn discovers what museums are doing to mark the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, which gave some women the right to vote and paved the way for wider electoral reform
Being Brunel, SS Great Britain, Bristol
This museum on the life and work of the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel deconstructs what he made and what made him. By Nicola Sullivan
Arts Pioneer
Hugh Mulholland, the senior curator at Belfast’s Metropolitan Arts Centre, has helped to transform Northern Ireland’s contemporary arts scene, says Patrick Kelly. Photography by Phil Sayer
Trendswatch
What’s the secret of a successful Twitter campaign? Jonathan Knott talks to those in the know
On the money
Jonathan Knott finds the value of museums researching, interpreting and putting their collections of coins and medals on display
Spyscape, New York
Eleanor Mills talks to Shelby Prichard, the chief of staff at this espionage museum, about tapping into visitors’ inner James Bond
Mission critical
Clear statements of purpose, vision and values provide a framework for guiding day-to-day museum work. Jonathan Knott reveals how institutions create and live by them. Illustration by Alan Kitching
The future is bright
Nicky Wilson, the co-founder and director of Jupiter Artland, talks to Eleanor Mills about the 10th birthday of this idyllic Scottish sculpture park.