Features

Being brave

Adele Patrick of Glasgow Women’s Library talks to Eleanor Mills about feminism, empowerment and tenacity

Naked ambition

Public sector finances are very tight, but some local authorities are banking on culture to kickstart wider regeneration. Geraldine Kendall Adams reports

Back to the future

How have venues that reopened their doors in 2006 after refits – or opened for the first time – fared over the past decade?

What’s in store

Jonathan Knott delves into the world of stored collections to find out how museums are using them to engage audiences

Action points

What are museums doing to address social, political, economic, and environmental issues, asks Rob Sharp

International opening: Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon

Oliver Krug talks to director Pedro Gadanho about reviving a historic waterfront neighbourhood in the Portuguese capital

Museum of…

Louise Gray uncovers the wholly savoury history of one of London’s ancient livery organisations

Trendswatch: the birds and the bees

Jonathan Knott finds museums are branching out into sex education

Colour and Vision, Natural History Museum, London

Masses of natural specimens are used to trace the evolution of vision in this show. It’s a feast for the eyes, says Matt Williams

New view

The director of National Museums Northern Ireland, Kathryn Thomson, is excited about the future. Eleanor Mills discovers why. 

The registrars

Registrars are the museum workforce’s unsung heroes, looking after all the legal, logistical and ethical minutiae of collections management and movement

Coupling up

Regional museums are increasingly creating partnerships to share costs and ensure that they can develop ambitious and exciting exhibitions intough financial times. By Caroline Bugler