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

Trendswatch: retail therapy

Museum shops are getting a makeover

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

Special interests

What does the future hold for Subject Specialist Networks and how can they support the rest of the sector? Simon Stephens finds out

Museum of…

Lucy Alderson hears about life in Glasgow in the early 20th century

Trendswatch: games galore

Jonathan Knott finds many museums are expanding their collections and interpretation into the digital domain of computer games