Features
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
Trendswatch: In focus
Geraldine Kendall on how museums are using photo-sharing social-media tools such as Instagram to engage audiences
International opening: LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur
A five-year redevelopment has opened up this museum in north-west Germany, writes Geraldine Kendall
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
Class struggles
Changes to the national curriculum have created new challenges for museums in their attempts to attract school visits. Deborah Mulhearn reports
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
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