Features

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

Trendswatch: In focus

Geraldine Kendall on how museums are using photo-sharing social-media tools such as Instagram to engage audiences

Best in show

Imogen Stidworthy, Sacha, 2011-12, Baltic 39, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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

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

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

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

Best in show

Seeing off Korean envoys returning to their country, c.1451-1600, anonymous, British Museum

The Museum of… Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

Staff at the Cheshire observatory field some unusual questions from visitors

Trendswatch: Takeover days

The benefits of letting younger visitors take control of your museum

Class struggles

Changes to the national curriculum have created new challenges for museums in their attempts to attract school visits. Deborah Mulhearn reports