Features
Spiritual discovery | Musée d’Art et de Culture Soufis MTO, Paris
Rebecca Atkinson explores the world’s first museum dedicated to Islamic religious practice of Sufism
Where next for the Turner Prize?
As it enters middle-aged respectability, Gareth Harris takes a look at the art award that often turns heads, stirs controversy and generates debate. But can it keep it up forever?
Museum of… Craven Museum, Skipton, North Yorkshire
How this local museum, recently lauded by the Art Fund, is sparking joy for its visitors
Home comforts | Why museum interpretation of domestic life is evolving
Museums about the home are shifting their focus from design to a more personal narrative
How Beyond the Bassline captured the hard-earned joy of Black British music
Miles Greenwood discovers a deeper narrative at this British Library exhibition
Music is helping museums stay in tune with their audiences
Museums are finding imaginative ways to engage with people’s emotional connections to music, challenging them to explore the artform’s varied dimensions
The joy of museums
We asked some of the people who participated in this year's Museums Association Conference to share their most joyous experiences in museums and galleries
Fit for a king | What it’s really like to work in a castle museum
Many of the castles that tower above our towns and cities have been turned into museums. John Holt talks to the people who manage them about designer downspouts, terracotta images of dictators and things that go bump in the night
Museum of… Henry Duncan Savings Banks Museum, Dumfries
Geraldine Kendall Adams discovers a museum that has earned its keep
Norway Kunstsilo Museum, Kristiansand
A new waterside home for collections of Nordic modern art. By Simon Stephens
