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Jonathan Knott explores the use of Makaton, an image- and gesture-led language

International opening: Gulag History Museum, Moscow

Director Roman Romanov speaks to Eleanor Mills about representing the challenging subject of labour camps in a museum

Rock out!

Museums are turning up the volume as they strive to represent the excitement of live concerts

Watch this space

Sarah McCrory, the director of Glasgow International contemporary art festival, shares her vision with Eleanor Mills

Portrait of poverty

The subtleties of economic hardship can be difficult to convey in exhibitions, but museums are approaching the topic sensitively, finds Rob Sharp

Museum of…

Scottish Football Museum, Hampden Park, Glasgow

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Why women are becoming the focus

Best in Show

Genesis, in the Hamilton Bible, c.1350-60, illuminated by Cristoforo OriminaCourtauld Gallery, London

All the world’s a stage…

The work of William Shakespeare has resonated through centuries. Deborah Mulhearn finds out what museums and galleries are doing to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the bard’s death

The art handlers

Behind every exhibition are the people responsible for making it happen. John Holt talks to some of the unsung heroes of the art world

International opening: Messner Mountain Museums

Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner tells Eleanor Mills why he has dedicated six museums to mountaineering, following the opening of the newest one in Corones

Great expectations

New director Cindy Sughrue tells Eleanor Mills that she has high hopes for the future of London’s Dickens Museum