Features

The architects

How do architectural practices go about designing and reimagining museums and galleries?

Trendswatch

The chilling tales behind many of the venues we love to visit and how museums are capitalising on them

Museum of…

Hall i’ th’ Wood, near Bolton

Firm foundation

As the new chief executive of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Moira Sinclair is keen to help museums and galleries have a positive impact on people’s lives

Courting controversy

Museums face ethical and moral issues when putting on exhibitions about crime and justice, but it is possible to create sensitive displays

Trendswatch

Museums and galleries are actively seeking ethical products for their shops to reflect the integrity of their exhibitions

House proud

Mark Bills, the director of Gainsborough’s House, shares his plans to raise the profile of his gallery and the local area

Surgical spirit

Medical museums are putting the experience of patients at the heart of their stories

Museum of…

Dennis Severs’ House, Spitalfields, London

International opening

The Broad, Los Angeles, California

Designs on life

How the design of our everyday lives is being sketched out by museums through branding, packaging and advertising

Museum of…

Treasurer’s House, York