Features
International opening: Philips Wing, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The unveiling of the Philips Wing completes the second phase of the transformation of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, which reopened last year following a major restoration. By Simon Stephens
The Museum of… Burgh House and Hampstead Museum
A Queen Anne townhouse close to Hampstead Heath combines an impressive 20th-century art holding with local history collections, writes Louise Gray
Purchasing power
Caroline Douglas tells Simon Stephens how she is building on the Contemporary Art Society’s century-long experience of buying art for museums and galleries
The numbers game
Despite being a key subject in schools, maths has been a bit neglected in museums. But this is changing, as Rebecca Atkinson reports
A novel approach
Are flagship libraries, which combine archives, digital facilities and display spaces alongside books, the answer to today’s troubled institutions? Geraldine Kendall investigates
London calling
Tonya Nelson has packed a lot into a career that has seen her move from Washington lawyer to head of museums and collections at University College London. Simon Stephens meets her
International opening: LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur
A five-year redevelopment has opened up this museum in north-west Germany, writes Geraldine Kendall
Making headlines
John Holt talks to press and PR people about making the most of the fantastic stories that museums and galleries have to tell
Class struggles
Changes to the national curriculum have created new challenges for museums in their attempts to attract school visits. Deborah Mulhearn reports