Features
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
The registrars
Registrars are the museum workforce’s unsung heroes, looking after all the legal, logistical and ethical minutiae of collections management and movement
Moving on up
The director of Tullie House in Cumbria, Andrew Mackay, talks to Eleanor Mills about how museums can transform people’s lives
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
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
Museum of…
Louise Gray delves behind the spooky happenings that make this Edwardian country house such a popular destination
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