Features

Trendswatch

Cultural institutions are increasingly offering areas where visitors can reflect on and discuss what they have seen

International opening

Helsinki Art Museum, Finland

Museum of…

Treasurer’s House, York

Best in show

Star-shaped watch, c.1630, by clockmaker David Ramsay Worshipful Company of Clockmakers’ Collection, Science Museum, London George White

Looking to the future

Peter Luff has become the chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund at a time when the money it gives to museums is becoming increasingly important

Diverse challenges

Julie Nightingale talks to a number of senior sector figures to gauge their views on multiculturalism as a social policy

Asset management

Museums and galleries are finding innovative new ways to generate revenue from their collections

To buy or not to buy

With acquisition budgets slashed or non-existent, museums are looking for new ways to buy objects

Worlds of wonder

How today’s museums are reinventing traditional cabinets of curiosities for a modern audience

Best in show

Samurai suit of armour, 1998 Aberdeen Maritime Museum Jason Finch

International opening

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Trendswatch

Cultural institutions are increasingly putting on exhibitions that require audiences to use all their senses