Role models
Meet the actors who spark history into life for museum visitors
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A new approach to storage at Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen
Blythe spirit
A daunting project to move the huge collections of three museums from a much-loved building to more accessible facilities
Stories from the stores
How museums are bringing stored collections to life for visitors
Modern vision | US Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
An impressive project in the midst of a pandemic. By Simon Stephens
Museum of… The National Leather Collection, Northampton
An eclectic treasure trove of objects and histories
That was the year that was
Looking back at a traumatic year in which museums were forced to rethink their fundamental purpose
Rooted in the people
How Coventry, the UK City of Culture 2021, is working with residents to produce a programme that addresses activism, radicalism and social change
Museum of… The River Tweed Salmon Fishing Museum, Kelso
A collection assembled from artefacts stored in people’s attics places Atlantic salmon fishing in the context of its location
Switzerland | Kulturstiftung Basel H Geiger, Basel
This new venue not only offers free admission – visitors get a complimentary catalogue as well
Making space
How museums are turning to makerspaces to encourage informal connections with diverse local communities
A new approach to repatriation
The two museums that are nurturing relationships with communities of origin