Features

Industrial strength

Britain is in a unique position as the home of the industrial revolution, but far more could be done to interpret this story for modern audiences. Geraldine Kendall reports

Best in show

CRW Nevinson: Limehouse Docks (1913), The Atkinson, Southport

A taste of Italy

Roberta Cremoncini, the director of the Estorick Collection, tells Simon Stephens about the history of this small London gallery.

International opening: Dutch National Military Museum

The collections of two museums have come together to form this new military museum in Holland, writes Alexandra Genova

Trendswatch: Good vibrations

Museums have long played host to live music, but events are becoming increasingly ambitious in scale. Geraldine Kendall reports

The Museum of…Chiddingstone Castle

Rebecca Atkinson on Chiddingstone Castle that contains the collection of an eccentric former bank clerk and antiquarian

Marking the Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary

Caroline Parry on the challenges of bringing alive the story of a piece of medieval sheepskin parchment with dense Latin text written all over it

Open plan

Sue Shave, the director of Chiltern Open Air Museum, tells Simon Stephens about her love of historic buildings

International opening: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York

Technology and interactivity play a vital role in this redeveloped museum dedicated to historic and contemporary design, says Alexandra Genova

The Museum of… Selly Manor Museum

This museum in Birmingham tells the story of a timber-framed house that dates back to the 14th century. By Alexandra Genova

Trendswatch: Don’t trip up

TripAdvisor is a vital marketing tool for museums, even if the occasional bad review can sting, finds Geraldine Kendall

Adapt or die

Funding cuts are pushing some local authority museums to crisis point, yet many are finding innovative ways to weather the financial storm. Geraldine Kendall finds out more