Features

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

Trendswatch: the birds and the bees

Jonathan Knott finds museums are branching out into sex education

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

Museum of…

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

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

Museum of…

Louise Gray delves behind the spooky happenings that make this Edwardian country house such a popular destination

Trendswatch: retail therapy

Museum shops are getting a makeover

International opening: Helsinki City Museum, Finland

Eleanor Mills talks to Tiina Merisalo, the director of Helsinki City Museum, the newest addition to the Finnish capital’s booming art and culture scene

Art for all

It is 70 years since the Arts Council of Great Britain was set up. Geraldine Kendall Adams looks at whether its founding ideals are still being upheld today

Moving on up

The director of Tullie House in Cumbria, Andrew Mackay, talks to Eleanor Mills about how museums can transform people’s lives

Making it

Economic and social deprivation have not stopped Glasgow from developing one of the most thriving cultural scenes in Britain. Eleanor Mills discovers how