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Founding principles

Caro Howell, the director of London’s Foundling Museum, talks to Eleanor Mills about social impact and saving lives with art.

International opening: Urban Nation Museum, Berlin

Yasha Young tells Simon Stephens about the development of a museum dedicated to graffiti and street art

Investing in social impact

The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund supports projects that involve communities and have a real impact on their lives. Rob Sharp reports

Common ground

Museums and libraries are using their collections to mark the 50th anniversary of the start of the Troubles and to highlight the shared heritage of unionist and nationalist communities in Northern Ireland. By Patrick Kelly

International opening: Casa Vicens, Barcelona, Spain

Rebecca Swirsky delights in the meticulous restoration of the first family home designed by the Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí

Ancient and Modern

With ancient Egypt continuing to be a big draw for visitors, Holly Black examines how museums are reinterpreting their collections to make sure the crowds keep pouring in

A year of remembrance

A huge range of events in museums and galleries across the country are aiming to connect today’s generations with the significance and legacy of the first world war. Javier Pes reports

Museum of…

Mining Art Gallery, Bishop Auckland, County Durham

Trendswatch

Literature-themed exhibitions have Laura Rutkowski turning the pages in anticipation

Ship shape

Eleanor Mills talks to Philip Long, the director of the V&A Museum of Design Dundee, about launching this new vessel of Scottish design.

Trendswatch: going underground

Laura Rutkowski investigates museum tours that reveal strange and often little known subterranean landscapes

Museum of…

The Borders Textile Towerhouse, Hawick