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Best in show

Eric Ravilious: Tea at Furlongs, watercolour and pencil on paper, 1939. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London James Russell

Gown and town

Academic research is at the heart of the Hunterian’s role, says its director David Gaimster, but there is plenty to intrigue the public too.

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

Trendswatch: Acting up

An increasing number of museums are turning to live performance to animate their collections and buildings, writes Nicola Sullivan

International opening

Moesgaard Museum, Højbjerg, near Aarhus, Denmark

The Museum of…

Gairloch Heritage Museum

New forms

Changing artistic practices and the demands of modern audiences are having a big impact on museum and gallery architecture, writes Simon Stephens

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