Features
The architects
How do architectural practices go about designing and reimagining museums and galleries?
Courting controversy
Museums face ethical and moral issues when putting on exhibitions about crime and justice, but it is possible to create sensitive displays
House proud
Mark Bills, the director of Gainsborough’s House, shares his plans to raise the profile of his gallery and the local area
Trendswatch
Museums and galleries are actively seeking ethical products for their shops to reflect the integrity of their exhibitions
Designs on life
How the design of our everyday lives is being sketched out by museums through branding, packaging and advertising
Surgical spirit
Medical museums are putting the experience of patients at the heart of their stories
Best in show
Star-shaped watch, c.1630, by clockmaker David Ramsay Worshipful Company of Clockmakers’ Collection, Science Museum, London George White