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Pastures new

Museums and galleries become more inventive with how they use their outdoor spaces to engage visitors

International opening

Museum Barberini, Potsdam

Museum of…

Laura Rutkowski discovers what’s setting visitors’ minds alight at this industrial museum

Trendswatch

Nicola Sullivan looks at how museums are portraying the 1917 October Russian revolution in its centenary year

The Friends of Museums

John Holt finds out how good neighbours become good Friends

International opening

National Centre for Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile

Museum of…

The Coffin Works, Birmingham

Look East

Bill Seaman, the manager of Colchester and Ipswich Museums, on Anglo-Saxon finds, diversification, art, video interviews, and big plans

Flying the flag

Historically, major art galleries have overlooked women artists. Things are changing – but it’s a slow process

Trendswatch

Nicola Sullivan discovers what’s sparking neural connections across the sector

International opening: MusVerre, Sars-Poteries, France

Director Aude Cordonnier talks to Alice Durrans about glassmaking past and present, and the importance of reflecting its regional heritage

Museum of…

Louise Gray uncovers some of the surprising secrets of masonic history, from Churchill’s apron to a silver-plated bread roll