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Best in show

Thomas Girtin, Dunnottar Castle in a Thunderstorm, c.1794 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Colin Harrison

Fired up

Museums and galleries breathe new life into their ceramics collections

The Museum of…

Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture

On the waterfront

As Swansea’s National Waterfront Museum nears its 10th anniversary, Steph Mastoris reflects on the progress it has made

Aiming higher

University museums are playing a bigger role in the wider cultural sector

International opening

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Trendswatch

Nicola Sullivan on a raft of new exhibitions dedicated to footwear

On the money

Museum fundraisers talk persuasion, persistence and Poussin

Trendswatch

Festivals are now a firm part of British culture and museums and galleries are making sure that they get in on the act.

Battle lines

Caroline Parry looks at how museums and heritage sites are trying to raise the public’s awareness of the Battle of Waterloo in its bicentenary year

International opening

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore

Healthy living

Emma Anderson tells Simon Stephens why wellbeing is at the heart of Southport’s Atkinson arts centre