Features

Profile: The long view

Juan Ignacio Vidarte tells Eleanor Mills why the Guggenheim Bilbao has much to celebrate in its 20th year

Gotta have faith

Deborah Mulhearn delves into the various ways that museums are interpreting different religions and the objects associated with them

Joined-up thinking

Jonathan Knott finds out how museums are developing membership schemes designed to engage with people more deeply

Trendswatch: Selfie mania

Laura Rutkowski takes a snapshot of the history of the self-portrait, and how it is being used (and abused) in museums now

International opening: National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Simon Stephens talks to director Sean Rainbird about the redevelopment of one of Europe’s earliest public art museums

Museum of…

The DH Lawrence Birthplace Museum, Nottinghamshire

International opening

Oliver Krug talks to artistic director Benjamin Weil about how this striking building fits in with the cityscape

Best in Show

Journeyman’s pattern book belonging to silk weaver, Samuel Wilson, 1811-c.1827 - Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, Suffolk

Profile

Eleanor Mills talks to Sonia Solicari, the director of the Geffrye Museum of the Home, about how sweet her new home really is

Trendswatch

Simon Stephens dips his toes into the world of whale skeletons

Civic centres

Deborah Mulhearn explores how Victorian-built museums are being reinvigorated for the 21st century

Museum of…

Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester