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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

Gotta have faith

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

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

International opening

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

Civic centres

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

Trendswatch

Simon Stephens dips his toes into the world of whale skeletons

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

Best in Show

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

Museum of…

Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester

Eureka moments

Rob Sharp examines what science museums are doing to present increasingly diverse collections and boost audience engagement in the context of a post-truth world

International opening

Musée d’arts de Nantes, France

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Bryan Biggs, the artistic director of the Bluecoat in Liverpool, talks past and future